Participles
| Present | brecende |
| Past | (ġe)brocen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | brece |
| 2nd sing. | bricst |
| 3rd sing. | bricþ |
| 1st plur. | brecaþ |
| 2nd plur. | brecaþ |
| 3rd plur. | brecaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bræc |
| 2nd sing. | brǣce |
| 3rd sing. | bræc |
| 1st plur. | brǣcon |
| 2nd plur. | brǣcon |
| 3rd plur. | brǣcon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | brece |
| 2nd sing. | brece |
| 3rd sing. | brece |
| 1st plur. | brecen |
| 2nd plur. | brecen |
| 3rd plur. | brecen |
Past
| 1st sing. | brǣce |
| 2nd sing. | brǣce |
| 3rd sing. | brǣce |
| 1st plur. | brǣcen |
| 2nd plur. | brǣcen |
| 3rd plur. | brǣcen |
Imperative
| Singular | brec |
| Plural | brecaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'brecan'
brecan,
Verbs similar to 'brecan'
abrecan,
brucan,
recan,
wrecan,
asecan,
awrecan,
bacan,
bebrecan,
began,
beran,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. See: Proto-Germanic '
*brekaną'.
Verbs referencing "brecan"
English
break, Middle English
breken, French
broyer, Old High German brehhan.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ sċeal þrāgbysiġ · þeġne mīnum,
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hringan hæfted, · hȳran ġeorne,
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mīn bed brecan, · breahtme cȳþan
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þæt mē halswriþan · hlāford sealde. (Busy with time, I should keenly
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hearken my servant, grasped by rings,
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break my bed, make known by noise
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that lord gave me a neck collar.) [c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:]
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c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book
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Ġif þēof brece mannes hūs nihtes and hē weorðe þǣr ofslæġen, ne sīe hē nā mansleġes sċyldiġ. Ġif hē siþþan æfter sunnan upgange þis dēþ, hē biþ mansleġes sċyldiġ, and hē þonne self swelte, būtan hē nīeddǣda wǣre. (If a robber breaks into someone's house at night and the homeowner kills them, the homeowner is not guilty of murder. But if they do this after sunrise, they are guilty of murder, and they will die too, unless they acted out of necessity.)
Cognates
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