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ge-brítan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
To pound, bruise, crush. Take here ge-brytan (l. -brytan) in Dict. , and add
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  • Gebrýtte

    fricabat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 39.
lit.
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  • Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre,

      Lch. i. 256, 9.
  • Genim . . . gebærned sealt tó swýþe smalan dúste gebrýt,

      216, 4.
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  • God eall heora wǽpn gebrýt Dominus confringet arma. Ps. Th. 45, 8. þára synfulra mægen þú gebrýttest

    dentes peccatorum conteruisti,

      3, 6.
  • God ealle his fýnd gebrýtte, 46, arg. Gebrýtende gefeoht

    conterens bella,

      Ps. Rdr. p. 280, 3.
  • Hý wǽron gebrýtte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbryceth;

    in spiritu vehementi conterens naves,

      Ps. Th. 47, 6.
  • Eal mín baacute;n synt gebrýtt,

      6, 2.
Etymology
[Some of the passages here given might belong to ge-bryttan, q. v. ; but see also briacute;tan.]
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