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BRÓGA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BRÓGA, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread; monstrum, tremor, terror, horror
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  • Ǽnig óðer bróga

    any other prodigy,

    • Bt. 36, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 172, 17.

  • Iówer ege and bróga sie ofer ealle eorþan nítenu

    terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia terræ,

    • Past. 17, 2
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 22 a. 14.

  • Brógan ðíne gedréfdon me

    terrores tui conturbaverunt me,

    • Ps. Spl. 87, 17.

  • Bútan brógan

    without dread,

    • Lev. 26, 6.

  • Hine se bróga angeat

    terror laid hold of him,

    • Beo. Th. 2587
      • ;
    • B. 1291.

  • Ne con he ðæs brógan dǽl

    he knoweth not a portion of the terror,

    • Exon. 117 a
      • ;
    • Th. 449, 15
      • ;
    • Dóm. 71.

  • Ðǽr is brógna [ = brógena] hýhst

    there is the greatest of terrors,

    • 116 a
      • ;
    • Th. 446, 17
      • ;
    • Dóm. 23.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. brógo, m.
]
Derived forms
bryne-bróga, gryre-, here-, spere-, wæter-, wíte-
Linked entries
v.  brégd.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BRÓGA.” 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/5202.

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