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ge-brosnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-brosnian, p. ode; pp. od
To decay, become corrupt; of places, to become ruinous. Take here ge-brosnod in Dict., and odd:
in a physical sense
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  • Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige

    (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem,

      Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27.
  • Ðonne ðín flǽe; gebrosnod,

      Past. 249, 14: 251, 9.
  • Míewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode,

      Bl. H. 113, 26.
in a moral sense
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  • Þ énas þá on nánre flǽscbesmitennyse beóð gebrosnude

    ministros qui in nullo carnis contagio corrumpantur,

      Scint. 69, 11. v. un-ge*-*brosnod.
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