† atbreakv.
Obsolete.
intransitive (with dative). To break away, escape (from).
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)]
atwendOE
atwindc1000
overfleeOE
to come out of ——lOE
atstertc1220
atbreak?c1225
aschapea1300
scapea1300
aslipc1325
escape1340
atscapea1350
astartc1374
to wade out ofc1386
starta1400
withscapea1400
withslipa1400
atwapec1400
to get out of ——a1470
evite1503
outstart1513
to get from ——1530
rid1615
skip1630
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 132 His þrelles fluwen & ed breken him vt.
a1250 Passion Our Lord in Old Eng. Misc. 44 Er he were him at-broke him þuhte ful long.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 675 Neðelas Brutus at-bræc [c1300 Otho at-brac].
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