æwbryce
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *aiwibruki. Equivalent to ǣ (“marriage”) + bryċe (“breach”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ǣwbryċe m
- adultery
- Synonyms: ċiefeshād, dernġeliġersċipe, dyrneġeliġer, forliġenes, forliġer, ġeliġer, ġeliġernes
Declension[edit]
Declension of æwbryce (strong i-stem)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǣwbryċe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.