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for-brittan

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for-brittan, for-bryttan.
Take the passages under these under for-brítan, and add:
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  • Forbrýt, tóbrecþ

    conterat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 5
    • .
  • Forbrýte

    diruet, i. diuidet,

    • Germ. 398, 144
    • .
with a material object
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  • Dryhten forbrycð and forbrýt þá myclan cedertreówu

    confringet Dominus cedros Libani,

    • Ps. Th. 28, 5
    • .
  • Ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód,

    • R. Ben. 121, 5
    • .
to crush, destroy a person
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  • Hé bið forbrét

    conteretur,

    • Kent. Gl. 147
    • .
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