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  • Þæt wæs yldum cūð, þæt hīe ne mōste, þā metod nolde, se syn-scaða under sceadu bregdan; ac hē wæccende wrāðum on andan

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Swā sceal mǣg dōn, nealles inwit-net ōðrum bregdan, dyrnum cræfte dēað rēnian

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Heorotes hrōf, 403; siððan ǣfen-lēoht under heofenes hādor be-holen weorðeð, 414; under sceadu bregdan, 708; flēon under fen-hleoðu, 821; hond ālegde ... under gēapne hrōf, 837; tēon in under eoderas, 1038; so, 1361,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Heorotes hrôf, 403; siððan æfen-leóht under heofenes hâdor be-holen weorðeð, 414; under sceadu bregdan, 708; fleón under fen-hleoðu, 821; hond âlegde ... under geápne hrôf, 837; teón in under eoderas, 1038; so, 1361,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Swâ sceal mæg dôn, nealles inwit-net ôðrum bregdan, dyrnum cräfte deáð rênian

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Þät wäs yldum cûð, þät hie ne môste, þâ metod nolde, se syn-scaða under sceadu bregdan; ac he wäccende wrâðum on andan

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Goth. us -, Ger. er -, orig. meaning out) + bregdan to shake, throw.

    lacuriosa Diary Entry lacuriosa 2007

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