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bryttian

  • verb [ weak ]
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bryttian, <b>bryttian,</b> brytian.
Substitute:
to dispense, distribute, grant a share of
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  • Exhibeo, i. porrigo, prebeo, tribito ic bryttie,

    dono, ostendo

    ic bringe,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 2.

  • Hé missenlíce monna cynne his giefe bryttað,

      Crä. 105: Cri. 682: B. 1726.

  • Hé gumum gold brittade,

      Gen. 1181.
  • Bryttade, 1236.

  • Hé him gyfe bryttode,welum weorðode,

      An. 755.

  • Ic wisse cwén giefe bryttian,

      Vid. 102.

  • Ðá þe hit him bryttian (brytian, v.l.) sceoldon ... ðá þe be hiora gifum libban sculon

    qui dispensatores sunt ... qui ex aliena dispensatione subsistunt,

      Past. 320, 4.

  • Hé ðám útlican tó geleáfan bringan (brytian, v.l.) ne mihte

    externis prodesse ad fidem non poterat,

      Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 397, 2.
to dispose of, have control of, be master of, enjoy, use
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  • Sǽda gehwilc þára þe hæleð bryttigað

    every seed that men use,

      Exod. 376.

  • Hé lange siððan woruld bryttade

    for long after he lived,

      Gen. 1226.
  • Hié wintra fela woruld bryttedon, 1724.

  • His eaforan eád bryttedon

    His children were masters of his wealth,

    1602:
      Dan. 672.

  • Mé (

    Abraham

    ) æfter sculon woruldmágas welan bryttian,
      Gen. 2178.

  • Ne mihton hí mægyn bryttigan

    they were powerless,

    52.

  • Hí léton him behindan hrá bryttian þone hrefn and þone earn ǽses brúcan,

      Æðelst. 60.
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v. ge-bryttian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bryttian.” 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/41075.

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