bānhūs
gebræc, _broke in pieces his
body_ (Bēowulf in combat with Dæghrefn), 2509.
body_ (Bēowulf in combat with Dæghrefn), 2509.
Beowulf
1512.
--3) _to break out, to spring out_: inf.
geseah
. . . strēam ūt brecan of beorge, _saw a stream break out from the rocks_,
2547; lēt se hearda Higelāces þegn brādne mēce . . . brecan ofer bordweal,
_caused the broadsword to spring out over the wall of shields_, 2981. --4)
figuratively, _to vex, not to let rest_: pret. hine fyrwyt bræc, _curiosity
tormented_ (N. H. G. brachte die Neugier um), 232, 1986, 2785.
ge-brecan, _to break to pieces_: pret.
bānhūs gebræc, _broke in pieces his
body_ (Bēowulf in combat with Dæghrefn), 2509.
tō-brecan, _to break in pieces_: inf. , 781; pret. part. tō-brocen, 998.
þurh-brecan, _to break through_, pret. wordes ord brēosthord þurh-bræc,
_the word's point broke through his closed breast_, i. e. a word burst out
from his breast, 2793.
brecð, st. f. , _condition of being broken, breach_: nom. pl. mōdes brecða
(_sorrow of heart_), 171.
ā-bredwian, w. v.
. . . strēam ūt brecan of beorge, _saw a stream break out from the rocks_,
2547; lēt se hearda Higelāces þegn brādne mēce . . . brecan ofer bordweal,
_caused the broadsword to spring out over the wall of shields_, 2981. --4)
figuratively, _to vex, not to let rest_: pret. hine fyrwyt bræc, _curiosity
tormented_ (N. H. G. brachte die Neugier um), 232, 1986, 2785.
ge-brecan, _to break to pieces_: pret.
bānhūs gebræc, _broke in pieces his
body_ (Bēowulf in combat with Dæghrefn), 2509.
tō-brecan, _to break in pieces_: inf. , 781; pret. part. tō-brocen, 998.
þurh-brecan, _to break through_, pret. wordes ord brēosthord þurh-bræc,
_the word's point broke through his closed breast_, i. e. a word burst out
from his breast, 2793.
brecð, st. f. , _condition of being broken, breach_: nom. pl. mōdes brecða
(_sorrow of heart_), 171.
ā-bredwian, w. v.
