husbryce
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hūsabruki; equivalent to hūs (“house”) + bryċe (“breaking”). Cognate with Old Frisian hūsbreke.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hūsbryċe m
- burglary
- Hūsbryċe biþ þonne man hūs bricþ þæt hē sum þing stele.
- A burglary is when someone breaks into a house to steal something.
Declension
[edit]Declension of hūsbryċe (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- hūsbryċel (“burglarious”)