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for-bredan

  • verb
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Grammar
for-bredan, for-bregdan.
Substitute:
to destroy by dragging about, v. bregdan; I. I a
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  • Hé wæs fram deóflum forbróden and hé sweolt

    he was dragged about by devils and he died,

    • Mart. H. 214, 31
      • :
    • 28, 2
      • .
to hurl to destruction
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  • Forbregd

    praecipita,

    • Ps. Srt. 54, 10
      • .
to snatch away
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  • Oft ic sýne ofteáh . . . misthelme forbrægd eágna leóman,

    • Jul. 470
      • .
to change for the worse, transform, v. bregdan, I. l e
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  • Hí sǽdon ꝥ hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft þá men forbrédan, and weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc,

    • Bt. 38, l
      • ;
    • F. 194, 31
      • :
    • Met. 26, 75
      • .

  • Wearð án mǽden forbróden þurh drýmanna dydrunge . . . þæt mǽden wæs swá forbróden swylce heó áu myre wæs,

    • Hml. S. 21, 473
      • .
to corrupt
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  • Forbródenum

    muculentis,

    • Germ. 396, 282
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forbraid.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-bredan.” 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/45421.

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