æwbryce

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwibruki. Equivalent to ǣ (“marriage”) +‎ bryċe (“breach”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈæːwˌbry.t͡ʃe/

Noun[edit]

ǣwbryċe m

adultery

Declension[edit]

Declension of æwbryce (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣwbryċe	ǣwbryċas
accusative	ǣwbryċe	ǣwbryċas
genitive	ǣwbryċes	ǣwbryċa
dative	ǣwbryċe	ǣwbryċum

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǣwbryċe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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