Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

for-brecan

Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
Add:
with a material object
Show examples
  • Ðeós wyrt

    (saxifrage)

    þá stánas on blǽdran forbrycð,

    • Lch. i. 212, 15
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 28, 5
    • .
  • Hé ðá feoturo forbræc ł tóscænde (tóbræc, W. S. )

    compedes comminuisset,

    • Mk. R. L. 5, 4
    • .
  • Ic wille ꝥ palmtwig gegrípan, . . . and forseáredum him bégen dǽlas forbrecan and forbærnan,

    • Bl. H. 151, 16
    • .
  • Ic hét hié gebindan and him þá bán and sconcan forbrecan

    crurifragio punire jussi,

    • Nar. 16, 27
    • .
  • Swylce mé wǽre se hrycg forbrocen,

    • Ps. Th. 31, 4
    • :
    • Ll. Th. i. 16, 8
    • :
    • 18, 15
    • .
fig.
to crush a person, oppress:
Show examples
  • Ne forbrec ðú

    non conteras (egenum),

    • Kent. Gl. 843
    • .
with a non-material object,
to break power, &c., destroy
Show examples
  • Hié Judéa blǽd forbrǽcon,

    • Dan. 709
    • .
in a moral sense,
to break a promise, command, &c.
Show examples
  • Wit Waldendes word forbrǽcon,

    • Gen. 798
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forbreak.
O.H.Ger. fer-brechan confringere; praeter-ire, -gredi.
]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • for-brecan,