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breahtm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
breahtm, brehtm, bearhtm, beorhtm, byrhtm, es; m.
A noise, tumult, sound, cry; fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor, vociferatio
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  • Ðá wearþ breahtm hæfen

    then a noise was raised,

      Exon. 36 a; Th. 118, 1; Gú. 233.
  • Breahtem stígeþ

    a tumult rises,

    83 b;
      Th. 314, 25, note; Mó. 19.
  • Breahtmum hwurfon ymb ðæt háte hús hǽþne leóde

    the heathen people surrounded that hot house with cries,

    55 a;
      Th. 195, 25; Az. 161: 57 b; Th. 206, 29; Ph. 134.
Etymology
[O. Sax. brahtum, braht, m: M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. braht, m: Dan. brag, n: Swed. Icel. brak, n.]
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v.  bearhtm brehtm byrhtm beorhtm.
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  • breahtm, n.