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† to-ˈbreak, v. Obs.
Forms: see break v.
[OE. tobrecan, f. to-2 + brecan to break. So OHG. zaprehhan, zibrechan, Ger. zerbrechen.]
1. trans. To break to pieces; to shatter, rupture; to break down, destroy, demolish; cf. senses of break v.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxv. §4 Woldon þa [the giants] tobrecan þone heofon under him. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 180 Tobrec ðinne hlaf. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 22 ᵹenim, wiþ tobrocenum heafde, betonican. 1056–66Inscr. Kirkdale Ch., Yorks., Hit wes al tobrocan & tofalan. c1175Lamb. Hom. 131 He to-þruste þa stelene gate, & to brec þa irene barren of helle. c1275Passion our Lord 490 in O.E. Misc. 51 We biddeþ þat heore þyes beon to-broken a to. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 257 His hors nekke was to brooke. c1440Gesta Rom. lxxxviii. 410 (Add. MS.) Here is my sone..with his hede all to-broke. 1535Coverdale Prov. vi. 15 Sodenly shal he be all tobroken, and not be healed. 1611Bible Judg. ix. 53 A..woman cast a piece of a milstone..and all to brake his scull. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Pref. 18 An old Colosse, All soiled, all to broke. a1688Bunyan Acceptable Sacr. Wks. (ed. Offor) I. 698 This was it, that all to-brake his heart.
b. To rend, to tear (clothes or the like).
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Þe chirche cloðes ben to⁓brokene and ealde. c1275Passion our Lord 315 in O.E. Misc. 46 Kayphas his weden he to-brek. 1382Wyclif Matt. vii. 6 Lest houndis turned to gidre al to-breke ȝou.
c. To break (a commandment, promise, etc.).
a1067Charter of Eadweard in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 213 Ne ðat any man ðas mundbirdnesse tobreke. a1175Cott. Hom. 221 Gif þu þis litle bebod to-brecst. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9287 Asayli þen false king..Þat þe grete oþ þat he suor so villiche [h]aþ to broke. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 572 Þine hest ichaue to-broke. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. i. 69 Asoilie hem alle..of vowes to-broke.
2. intr. To break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured.
c1205Lay. 1467 His hæfd-bon to-brec. a1225Ancr. R. 164 Vor gles ne to-brekeð nout bute sum þinc hit arine. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 354 Ofte it happeth so The pot tobreketh, and farwel al is go. 14..Sir Beues (M.) 1613 Me thinkyth, my hert wyll tobreke. c1470Henry Wallace iv. 452 Wallace straik ane, with his gud sper of steill,..the shafft to brak ilk deyll. 1510–20Wedn. Faste (W. de W.) xxv, He tumbled ouer a clyffe, his body all to brake.
3. intr. To break away from restraint. rare—1.
c1475Partenay 5731 But non retourned, ne myght thens to-breke. |