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for-brecan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-brecan, part, -brecende; ðú -brecest, -bricst, -brycst, he -breceþ, -bricþ; p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen
Wright's OE grammar
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To break, break in two, bruise, crush, violate; frangĕre, confringĕre, conterere, commĭnuĕre, viŏlāre
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  • Wolde heofona helm helle weallas forbrecan

    heaven's chieftain would break, down hell's walls.

    • Exon. 120a
      • ;
    • Th. 461, 13
      • ;
    • Hö. 35.

  • Stefn Drihtnes forbrecendes cederbeám, and forbricþ Drihten cederbeám ðæs holtes

    vox Dŏmĭni confringentis cedros, et confringet Dŏmĭnus cedros Lĭbăni,

    • Ps. Spl. 28, 5.

  • Ðú forbrycst ðone earm ðæs synfullan

    thou shalt break the arm of the sinful,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 35.

  • Ic sumra fét forbræc bealo-searwum

    I have broken the feet of some by wicked snares.

    • Exon. 72 b
      • ;
    • Th. 270, 30
      • ;
    • Jul. 473.

  • He helle dúru forbræc

    he brake hell's door,

    • Cd. 223
      • ;
    • Th. 294, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 468: Ps. Spl. 106, 16.

  • Forbrǽcon Rómáne heora áþas

    the Romans broke their oaths,

    • Ors. 3, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 63, 31: Cd. 37
      • ;
    • Th. 49, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 798.

  • Forbrec oððe tobryt earm ðæs synfullan

    contĕre brachium peccātōris,

    • Ps. Lamb. second 9, 15.

  • Ne forbrece [MS. forbræce] gé nán bán on him

    os non commĭnuētis ex eo,

    • Jn. Bos. 19, 36.

  • Ðæt man forbræce hyra sceancan

    vt frangĕrentur eōrum crūra,

    • 19, 31.

  • Hie gebod Godes forbrocen hæfdon

    they had broken God's command.

    • Cd. 33
      • ;
    • Th. 43, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 698.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-brecan.” 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/11220.

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