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ǽ-breca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ǽ-breca, (ǽw-breca, q. v. in Dict.), an; m.
An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy
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  • Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimð, hé bið ǽwbreca (

    adulter

    ),
      Ll. Th. ii. 184, 22.
  • Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan,

      334, 14.
  • Ǽwbrecan and ðá fúlan forlegenan,

      Wlfst. 26, 15.
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v. ǽ-bryce.
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