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"word": "ābrecan"
},
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"word": "bebrecan"
},
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"word": "forbrecan"
},
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"word": "ġebrecan"
},
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"word": "inbrecan"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "oferbrecan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tōbrecan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "þurhbrecan"
}
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"2": "breken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: breken, breoken, braken\nEnglish: break\nScots: breke, brick, brak\nYola: brocke, brough, brek",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: breken, breoken, braken\nEnglish: break\nScots: breke, brick, brak\nYola: brocke, brough, brek"
}
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"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-.",
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"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"
]
},
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"form": "bricþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bræc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"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"
]
}
],
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"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "brecan<s4>"
},
"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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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"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"
}
],
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"to break into a place"
],
"id": "en-brecan-ang-verb-PryN5e7h",
"links": [
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"break into",
"break into"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈbre.kɑn/"
}
],
"word": "brecan"
}
{
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"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"
}
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "breken"
},
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: breken, breoken, braken\nEnglish: break\nScots: breke, brick, brak\nYola: brocke, brough, brek"
}
],
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*brekan"
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"name": "inh"
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"3": "*brekaną"
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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-.",
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"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"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "brecan",
"name": "ang-verb"
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"1": "brecan<s4>"
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"name": "ang-conj"
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "*brucol"
},
{
"word": "*bryċel"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"to break"
],
"links": [
[
"break",
"break"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brēatan"
},
{
"word": "berstan"
},
{
"word": "brēotan"
},
{
"word": "brīetan"
}
]
},
{
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"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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