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ǽw-breca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ǽw-breca, -brica, ǽw-bryca, -an; m. [ǽw marriage, breca a breaker]
A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter
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  • Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica]

    he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer,

    • L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30
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  • ǽw-breca, n.