tobrecan

From Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną, *twizbrekaną (“to break apart”), equivalent to tō- +‎ brecan. Cognate with Old Frisian tōbreka, Old Dutch tebrekan, Old Saxon tebrekan, Old High German zibrehhan (German zerbrechen).

• IPA^(key): /toːˈbre.kɑn/

tōbrecan

1. to break asunder or into pieces, break apart, break in two, overthrow, ruin, crush, destroy
2. to infringe, violate
3. to interrupt; inbreak

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• Middle English: tobreken
  • English: tobreak

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