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bróc, l. broc,
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §344; §411;
affliction,
and add:
labour, laborious effort
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  • Hé mihte bútan broce ealra Cartaina anweald begitan,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • B. 83, 13
      • .

  • Mid útancumenum brocum gelǽred

    exterioribus studiis eruditus,

    • Gr. D. 180, 10
      • .
misery, affliction, trouble
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  • Swá gemune men wǽron ǽlces broces,

    • Ors. l, 10
      • ;
    • 8. 48, 12
      • .

  • Hwylc broc and hwylc sár

    (laborem et dolorem)

    wé þoliað,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 34
      • .

  • Ic ádreáh mycel broc mid Petre

    I have suffered much annoyance from Peter,

    • Bl. H. 175, 12
      • .

  • Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren

    nam adversitatis magisterio sub disciplina cor premitur,

    • Past. 35, 12
      • .

  • Eówre brocu nú lǽssan sindon þonne heora þá wǽre,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. 120, ii. 14, 8
      • .

  • Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is,

    • Bl. H. 59, 33
      • .
disease, bodily trouble or hurt
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  • Ǽlc broc cymð of deófle and nán bót . . . hé sent on unwære menn oððon on heora yrfe sum swíðlic brocc . . . byð þæt brocc líðre,

    • Wlfst. ll, 15-12, 5
      • .

  • Þæt broc þæt hé áræfnode,

    • Gr. D. 22, 5
      • .

  • Ansund eallum limum fram þám egeslican broce

    (paralysis).

    • Hml. S. 26, 218
      • .

  • On his broke hé Gode fela behǽsa behét,

    • Chr. 1093
      • ;
    • P. 227, 22.
Similar entries
v. scip-, weorold-broc.
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v.  bróc.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bróc.” 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/40949.

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