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Wright's OE grammar
§47; §131; §132; §135; §167; §496;
Add: dat., acc.
to use,
with concrete object
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  • Hí welan habbaþ . . . and his ungemetlíce brúcað (

    indigne acta felicitas

    ),
      Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 23.
  • Þú heora bruce,

      7, 1; F. 16, 21.
  • Hé his ágenes ungemetlíce breác,

      Past. 339, 2.
  • Brúc ðínra ǽhta, ðá hwíle ðe ðú hál sý,

      Prov. K. 52.
  • Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre þonne wé néde brúcan sceolan,

      Bl. H. 53, 15.
  • Ne mihte nánwuht libbendes ðǽre eorþan brúcan, ne þæs wæteres,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 9.
  • Úre æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne,

      7, 5 ; F. 24, 9.
  • Wæs þæt folc þæs micclan welan ungemetlíce brúcende

    bonis male utens

    ,
      Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 8.
  • Brúccendurn utentibus, Rtl. 98, 12. (1 a) to use clothes,

    wear

    :-- Hé wyllenia hrægla breác,
      Shrn. 93, 7: 94, 28.
  • Gesáwon wé men deóra hýdum gegyrede, and nánes óðres brucon,

      Nar. 26, 15.
  • Heó nǽfre línenum hræglum brúcan (uti) wolde, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 3. (1 b) to use food, eat or drink :-- Flǽscmettum ic brúce

    carnibus vescor

    ,
      Coll. M. 34, 21: 35, 3.
  • Ne brúco (brúcco, L.) ic

    non manducabo

    ,
      Lk. R. 22, 16.
  • Sé ðe ettað ł búcað

    qui manducavit

    ,
      L. 14, 15.
  • Sé ðe brúceð

    qui manducat

    ,
      Jn. L. 6, 57.
  • Brúccað, 56.
  • Eów þe ne wyrtum eówrum bútan mé brúcaþ (

    utimini

    ),
      Coll. M. 28, 23.
  • Gé eówerne beórscipe brúcaþ on unriht,

      Wlfst. 297, 30.
  • Eówre fýnd his brúcað

    ab hostibus devorabitur

    ,
      Lev. 26, 16.
  • Huoelpas brúcas (

    edunt

    ),
      Mt. L. 15, 27.
  • Þǽ;ra (hláfa) ic breác,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 521.
  • Wé brécon ł éton

    manducavimus

    ,
      Lk. L. 13, 26: Mk. L. 6, 44.
  • Þǽ;ra éwena meolc gé brucon

    ovium lacte fructi estis

    ,
      Ll. Th. ii. 202, 23.
  • Ett ł brúc

    manduca

    ,
      Jn. L. R. 4, 31.
  • Brúce (brýce, R.)

    comede

    ,
      Lk. L. 12, 19.
  • Him weaxað untrumnyssa, þæt hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan,

      Hml. Th. i. 66, 9.
  • Brúcan his estmettas,

      330, 15.
  • Brúca (brúcca, R.) manducare, Mk. 3, 20. (1 c)

    to use

    a person (of cohabitation) :-- Þonne mǽden weres brícð, þonne bið hire mægðhád ádýlegod . . . Maria weres ne breác,
      Hml. Th. ii. 10, 6, 11.
  • His módor is mǽden, and his fæder wífes ne breác,

      Hml. S. 7, 50.
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  • Breác hé ealdre hǽ;lsunge

    uetere usus augurio,

      Bd. 1. 25 ; Sch. 53, 25.
  • Þæs gemánan heó was twelf winter brúcende (brýcende,

    v. l.

    ),
      4, 19; Sch. 440, 10.
to possess what may cause pleasure, profit, &c.,
to enjoy
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  • Nán eówer blisse brýcþ

    nemo vestrum gaudio fruitur

    ,
      Coll. M. 28, 9.
  • Þæt ꝥ hé gesǽ;llíce brýcþ, hé ondrǽ;t ꝥ hé scyle forlǽ;tan,

      Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 15.
  • Hé brécð

    perfruetur (abundantia ),

      Kent. Gl. 16.
  • Ne breác hé his cyneríces mid gesundfulnysse,

      Hml. Th. i. 84, 33.
  • Farað gé teala and his (

    the horse) wel brúcað (may the horse be of service to you ),

      Gr. D. 15, 22.
  • Ealra manna brúce gé betst ǽ;gþres ge penega ge hláfa,

      Hml. S. 23, 583.
  • Þeáh þú wífes brúce and blysse on lífe,

      2, 161.
  • Brúce hé his gódes dǽl. Ll. Th. ii. 176, 23.
  • Bruce

    potiretur

    ,
      An. Ox. 3757.
  • Seó sáwl mót brúcan þæs heofenlican

    coelo fruens

    ,
      Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 17 : 24, 2 ; F. 82, 16 : Bl. H. 39, 24.
  • Seó sǽ mót brúcan smyltra ýþa,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 23.
to perform the duties of an office,
execute an office
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  • Zacharias his sácerdes hádes breác

    he executed the priest's office

    ,
      Lk. 1, 8.
  • Hí brucon sácerdhádes functi sunt sacerdotio, Num. 3, 4, Brúcan ðǽre hirdelican áre

    honore pastorali uti

    ,
      Past. 133, 3.
  • Þá hé bisceopðegnunge brúcende wæs

    cum episcopatus officio fungeretur

    ,
      Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 299, 1.
  • Þá brúcende

    fungentes, i. utentes (monachica professione ),

      An. Ox. 3766.
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v. á-, be-brúcan ; gást-brúcende.
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