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ǽ-bryce

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ǽ-bryce, (ǽw-bryce, q. v. in Dict.)
Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy :--
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  • Ðá ðe on sinscipe wuniað and heora ǽwe healdað búton ǽwbryce,

    • Hml. A. 21, 178
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  • Ðá ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceað,

    • 19, 140
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  • Sé ðe ofer his ǽwe hǽmð, hé is forlír ðurh his ǽwbryce,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 208, 17
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  • Nis nánum weófodþéne álýfed ðæt hé wífian móte . . . nú is þeáh ðǽra ealles tó fela ðe ðone ǽwbryce wyrcað,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 334, 17, 22
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  • Scyldað eów wið ǽwbrycas (-brecas, v. 1)

    • Wlfst. 40, 12
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  • Ǽwbricas,

    • 130, 4
    • .
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v.  ǽ-breca.
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  • ǽ-bryce, n.