æwbryce

Old English

Alternative forms

ēwbryċe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwibruki. Equivalent to ǣ (“marriage”) +‎ bryċe (“breach”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæːwˌbry.t͡ʃe/

Noun

ǣwbryċe m

adultery
Synonyms: ċiefeshād, dernġeliġersċipe, dyrneġeliġer, forliġenes, forliġer, ġeliġer, ġeliġernes

Declension

Declension of æwbryce (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣwbryċe	ǣwbryċas
accusative	ǣwbryċe	ǣwbryċas
genitive	ǣwbryċes	ǣwbryċa
dative	ǣwbryċe	ǣwbryċum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣwbryċe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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