breoþan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *breuþaną (“to fall into ruin, decay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre͜oː.θɑn/, [ˈbre͜oː.ðɑn]

Verb

brēoþan

1. to decay, waste away

Conjugation

Conjugation of brēoþan (strong class 2)

infinitive	brēoþan	brēoþenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	brēoþe	brēaþ
second person singular	brīest	bruþe
third person singular	brīeþþ, brīeþ	brēaþ
plural	brēoþaþ	bruþon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	brēoþe	bruþe
plural	brēoþen	bruþen
imperative
singular	brēoþ
plural	brēoþaþ
participle	present	past
	brēoþende	(ġe)broþen

Derived terms

• ābrēoþan

Descendants

• Middle English: breothen, brethen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “breóðan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “breóþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.