wedbreach

noun

Etymology

From wed + breach. Compare English spousebreach (“adultery”), Old English ǣwbryċe (“adultery”).

  1. inherited from *brukiz — “breach, fissure
  2. inherited from *bruki
  3. inherited from bryċe — “fracture, breach
  4. inherited from breche
  5. compounded as wedbreach — “wed + breach

Definitions

  1. Adultery.

    • […] it wasn't wedbreach he minded, that was all in the way o'life; but as for Hiram and hisn, he'd as soon feed a hole in hell as fill their empty stomachs.

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