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brégan

  • verb [ weak ]
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brégan, brégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [bróga fear, terror]
To give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonish; terrere, pavefacere, stupefacere
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  • Hí sǽ-ýða swýðe brégaþ

    the sea-waves greatly frighten them,

    Runic pm.
      21; Kmbl. 343, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135.

  • Ðeáh hí me swá brégdon, ne dorston hí me gehrínan

    though they frightened me so, they durst not touch me,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 45.

  • Ne beó ge brégede fram ðám ðe ðone líchaman ofsleáþ

    be ye not afraid of those who slay the body,

      Lk. Bos. 12, 4: 21, 9.

  • Hý hine brégdon

    they terrified him,

      Exon. 40b; Th. 136, 4; Gú. 536.

  • Ne biþ he bréged mid ǽnigum ógan

    he will not be terrified with any dread,

      Herb. 73, 2; Lchdm. i. 176, 4.

  • We hí scylen manian and brégean we should admonish and frighten them, Past. 53, 8; Hat. MS. Sume wíf us brégdon

    some women astonished us,

      Lk. Bos. 24, 22.
Derived forms
DER. a-brégan, ge-.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “brégan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5020.

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