† i-brotheren, -thren, n. pl. Obs.
[OE. ᵹebróðor, -ðru (= OS. gibrôðar, OHG. gabruoder, Ger. gebrüder), collective pl. of bróðor brother.]
Brethren, brothers collectively (or mutually).
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 8 ᵹe synt ealle ᵹebroðru. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 219 For þi beð alle man ibroþren and isustren. c 1205 Lay. 3880 Beine iweren ibroðeren. |