wordes ord
brēosthord
þurh-bræc,
_the word's point broke through his closed breast_, i.
Beowulf
.. 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.
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. w. acc., _to fell to the ground, to kill_ (?): pret.
ābredwade, 2620.
