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Bryttas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
Bryttas, Brittas, Brettas, Breotas, Brytas, Britas; pl. m.
Britons; Britones
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  • -Ǽrest wǽron búend ðyses landes Bryttas

    the first inhabitants of this land [England] were the Britons,

    • Chr. Th. 3, 8, col. 1, 3
      • .

  • Mód and mægen Bryttas onféngon

    the Britons took heart and power,

    • Bd. 1, 16
      • ;
    • S. 484, 19
      • :
    • 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 17
      • .

  • Ðætte Angel-þeód wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum on Breotone

    that the Angle-nation was invited by the Britons into Britain,

    • 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 2
      • .
Bretons; Armoricani
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  • Ðý ilcan geáre fór se here of Sigene to Sant Laudan, ðæt is betweoh Brettum [

    • Bryttum, col. 2, 3
    ] and Francum

    in the same year the army went from the Seine to St. Ló, which is between the Bretons and the Franks,

    • Chr. 890
      • ;
    • Th. 160, 10, col. l
      • .

  • Hí speónan ða Bryttas heom to

    they enticed the Bretons to them,

    • 1075
      • ;
    • Th. 349, 26
      • .
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v.  Brettas.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “Bryttas.” 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/5354.

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