† brethe, v. Obs.
Also 3 breoðen; pa. pple. brothin.
[OE. *bréoðan in abréoðan to go to ruin, decay, degenerate. Hence brethel, brothel.]
intr. To go to ruin. Pa. pple. abroðen, bropin: degenerate, dissipated, self-ruined.
| [a 1000 Byrht. 242 (Gr.) Abreoðe his angin. c 1000 ælfric Gram. viii. (Z.) 32 Eala þu abroðene folc!] c 1205 Lay. 5807 Ȝe sculleð breoðen. Ibid. 30415 Bruttes gunnen breoðen{revsc} balu wes on uolken. c 1275 Ibid. 5196 Ne seh[s]te leofue broþer, hou breþiþ [c 1205 breoðeð] þis Frence. c 1300 Sarmun in E.E.P. (1862) 6 Al þat þou wan here wiþ pine a broþin eir sal wast it al. |