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for-bryttan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-bryttan, -brittan; he -bryteþ, -brytt; p. -brytte; pp. -bryted, -bryt
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To break in pieces, smash, bruise, crush; confringtĕre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre
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  • Tocwysed hreód he ne forbrytt

    arundĭnem quassātam non confringet.

    • Mt. Bos. 12, 20.
  • Moises forbrytte ðæt celf eall to duste

    Moyses vĭtŭlum contrīvit usque ad pulvĕrem,

    • Ex. 32, 20.
  • Forbryt ðú earm synfulles

    contĕre brachium peccātōris,

    • Ps. Sgl. second 9, 18.
  • Ðæt ðú si forbryt

    dōnec contĕrāris,

    • Deut. 28, 24.
  • Ǽlc ðe fylþ ofer ðone stán, byþ forbryt

    omnis, qui cecĭdĕrit super illum lăpĭdem, conquassābĭtur.

    • Lk. Bos. 20, 18.
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v.  for-brittan.
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