"brecan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old Dutch]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. Etymology templates: {{root|odt|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*brekan}} Proto-West Germanic *brekan, {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*brekaną}} Proto-Germanic *brekaną, {{der|odt|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Head templates: {{head|odt|verb}} *brecan Inflection templates: {{odt-conj-st|brec|brac|brāc|gebrocon|class=4|mutstem=bric|mutstem2=bric}} Forms: strong [table-tags], brecan [infinitive], brecu [first-person, present, singular], brac [first-person, past, singular], bricis [present, second-person, singular], bricist [present, second-person, singular], brāci [past, second-person, singular], bricit [present, singular, third-person], brac [past, singular, third-person], brecon [first-person, plural, present], brācun [first-person, past, plural], brecet [plural, present, second-person], brācut [past, plural, second-person], brecunt [plural, present, third-person], brācun [past, plural, third-person], brece [first-person, present, singular], brāci [first-person, past, singular], breces [present, second-person, singular], brecest [present, second-person, singular], brācis [past, second-person, singular], brācist [past, second-person, singular], brece [present, singular, third-person], brāci [past, singular, third-person], brecen [first-person, plural, present], brācin [first-person, past, plural], brācit [past, plural, second-person], brecent [plural, present, third-person], brācint [past, plural, third-person], bric [present, singular], brecet [plural, present], brecandi [present], gebrocon [past]
  1. to break Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-brecan-odt-verb-uvkE5ojw Categories (other): Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈbre.kɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*brekan}} Proto-West Germanic *brekan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*brekaną}} Proto-Germanic *brekaną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Head templates: {{ang-verb}} brecan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|brecan<s4>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], brecan [infinitive], brecenne [infinitive], brece [first-person, present, singular], bræc [first-person, past, singular], bricst [present, second-person, singular], brǣce [past, second-person, singular], bricþ [present, singular, third-person], bræc [past, singular, third-person], brecaþ [plural, present], brǣcon [past, plural], brece [present, singular], brǣce [past, singular], brecen [plural, present], brǣcen [past, plural], brec [imperative, past, present, singular], brecaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], brecende [imperative, present], brocen [imperative, past], ġebrocen [imperative, past]
  1. to break Synonyms: brēatan, berstan, brēotan, brīetan
    Sense id: en-brecan-ang-verb-uvkE5ojw
  2. to break into a place
    Sense id: en-brecan-ang-verb-PryN5e7h Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ābrecan, bebrecan, forbrecan, ġebrecan, inbrecan, oferbrecan, tōbrecan, þurhbrecan Related terms: *brucol, *bryċel

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ābrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bebrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "forbrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġebrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "inbrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oferbrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tōbrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þurhbrecan"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: breken, breoken, braken\nEnglish: break\nScots: breke, brick, brak\nYola: brough, brocke, brek"
    }
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      },
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    },
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      },
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        "3": "*bʰreg-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "brecan",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "brecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣcon",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brec",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brocen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġebrocen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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        "1": "brecan<s4>"
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      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "*brucol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "*bryċel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "to break"
      ],
      "id": "en-brecan-ang-verb-uvkE5ojw",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brēatan"
        },
        {
          "word": "berstan"
        },
        {
          "word": "brēotan"
        },
        {
          "word": "brīetan"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book\nĠif 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break into a place"
      ],
      "id": "en-brecan-ang-verb-PryN5e7h",
      "links": [
        [
          "break into",
          "break into"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbre.kɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brecan"
}

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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "odt-conj-st",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brac",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brāci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brac",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecunt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brāci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breces",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecent",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācint",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bric",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecandi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gebrocon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "4": "gebrocon",
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        "mutstem2": "bric"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "odt",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old Dutch/brecan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        "to break"
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      "id": "en-brecan-odt-verb-uvkE5ojw",
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        [
          "break",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
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    }
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}
{
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        "3": "*bʰreg-"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
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        "class"
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        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "brecu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "brac",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brāci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brac",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecunt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brāci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breces",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brāci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecent",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brācint",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bric",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecandi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gebrocon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*brecan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brec",
        "2": "brac",
        "3": "brāc",
        "4": "gebrocon",
        "class": "4",
        "mutstem": "bric",
        "mutstem2": "bric"
      },
      "name": "odt-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old Dutch/brecan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Dutch class 4 strong verbs",
        "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Dutch lemmas",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreg-",
        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Dutch verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brecan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 4 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreg-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ābrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "bebrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forbrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġebrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "inbrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferbrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōbrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurhbrecan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "breken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: breken, breoken, braken\nEnglish: break\nScots: breke, brick, brak\nYola: brough, brocke, brek",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: breken, breoken, braken\nEnglish: break\nScots: breke, brick, brak\nYola: brough, brocke, brek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰreg-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*brekan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *brekan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brekaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brekaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰreg-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣcon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brǣcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brec",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brecende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brocen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġebrocen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brecan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brecan<s4>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "*brucol"
    },
    {
      "word": "*bryċel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brēatan"
        },
        {
          "word": "berstan"
        },
        {
          "word": "brēotan"
        },
        {
          "word": "brīetan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book\nĠif 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break into a place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break into",
          "break into"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbre.kɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brecan"
}

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