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ge-brengan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]
To bring, lead, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, prodūcĕre
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  • He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde

    that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate,

    • Past. 62; Swt. 457, 11
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    • Hat. MS
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    • Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176
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    • Sal. 87: 296
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    • Sal. 147
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  • Gif dfi gebrengest

    if thou bringest,

    • Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 178
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    • Sal. 88
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  • Iudith gebrohte heáfod on ðám fætelse

    Judith put the head into the sack,

    • Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 17
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    • Jud. 125
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  • Ðú us to eádmédum gebrohtest

    thou broughtest us to humility;

    nos humiliasti,

    • Ps. Th. 89, 17
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  • Hý hit gebrohton burgum in innan

    they brought it within the towns,

    • Exon. 75 b; Th. 284, 2
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    • Jul. 691: 40 b; Th. 135, 24
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    • Gú. 529
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  • On þeówote gebroht

    brought into slavery,

    • Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 66, 20
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  • Ðǽr wæs gebroht wín

    there was wine brought,

    • Chr. 1012; Th. 269, 21, col. I
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-brengean
.]
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v.  ge-broht ge-bringan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-brengan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13767.

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