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hús-brice

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hús-brice, es; m.
Housebreaking, burglary
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  • Húsbrice [-brec, MS. A.] and bærnet æfter woruldlage is bótleás

    housebreaking and arson are according to the secular law inexpiable,

    • L. C. S. 65
    • ;
    • Th. i. 410, 5
    • .
  • Cf. quedam non possunt emendari, que sunt husbreche, et bernet,

    • L. H. 12, 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 522, 27 : 47
    • ;
    • Th. i. 546, l0
    • .
Etymology
[O. Frs. hús-breke
: cf. Icel. hús-brot housebreaking, burglary : and O. H. Ger. hús-prehho prædator.]
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v. brecan, á-brecan.
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  • hús-brice, n.