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§12; §415; §574;
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  • Fratres gebróþor, et aliquando gemǽgas, ali*-*quando gelondan, quas Latini paternitates interpretantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 46. Fratres gebróþru vel gela[n]dan

    vel

    siblingas, i.
      52, 3.

  • I.

    those who have one or both parents the same :-- On Tracia wǽron twégen cyningas; þá wǽron gebróþor (-bróðra, v. l.)fratres duo, Thraciae reges,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 16: 4, 9; S. 192, 18. þá þe
    wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, 3, 11; S. 152, 35.

  • Gif twégen gebróðra wið án wíf forlicgan,

      Ll. Th. i. 168, 18.

  • Mid ús wǽrun seofun gebróðru,

      Mt. 22, 25.

  • Ón þone teógeþan dæg bið seofon gebróðra ðrowung . . . ðá gebróðor Publius wolde oncerran fram Crístes geleáfan,

      Shrn. 102, 22-26.

  • Gebróþra (-e, MS.) wíf

    janitrices,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 32.

  • Gé sǽdon þæt gé á má gebróðra hæfdon

    (alium habere vos fratrem),

      Gen. 43, 6.

  • Swá se hálga wer sǽde þám mǽdene be hire gebróðrum (cf. hire bróðor Ecgfridus, 146, 13, his

    (Ecgfrith's)

    cyfesborena bródor,
      148, 17), Hml. Th. ii. 148, 20.

  • Hé geseah twégen gebróðra (-u,

    v. l.

    ),
      Mt. 4, 18.
  • I a. applied to Christians :-- Wé habbað ǽnne heofonlicne fæderr

  • II. those who are united by a common interest :-- Þ á arn se eádiga Ióhannes to eallum þám apostolum and wæs cweðende tó him : 'Bletsiað, gebróðor þá leófestan, úrne Drihten,' Bl. H. 141, 19. II a.

    the members of a religious society

    :-- Ðá gehyrde he sumne þára gebróðra sprecan þæt hé wolde féran . . . Se bróðor cóm eft hám, þá his gebróðro æt gereorde sǽton,
      Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 197, 6-18.

  • Ic eóde to cyrcean and sang mid gebróþrum,

      Coll. M. 33, 25: 35, 25.
as a courteous form of address
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  • Andreas cwæð: 'Bróðor (the person addressed is the captain of the boat), onfóh ús on ꝥ scip'. . . Andreas andswerede: 'Gehýrað, gebróðor (

    the captain and his two companions),'

      Bl. H. 233, 7-14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bróþor.” 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/47353.

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