Old English · noun
husbryce
Normalised hūsbryċe
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxuːsˌbry.t͡ʃe/[ˈhuːzˌbry.t͡ʃe]
- Syllables
- ˈxuːs · ˌbry · t͡ʃe (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- burglary
Meaning
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burglary
Hūsbryċe biþ þonne man hūs bricþ þæt hē sum þing stele.
A burglary is when someone breaks into a house to steal something.
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūsabruki; equivalent to hūs (“house”) + bryċe (“breaking”). Cognate with Old Frisian hūsbreke.
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