[breótan], st. v., to break, to break in pieces, to kill: pret. breát beódgeneátas, killed his table-companions (courtiers), [1714].
â-breótan, same as above: pret. þone þe heó on räste âbreát, whom she killed upon his couch, [1299]; pret. part. þâ þät monige gewearð, þät hine seó brimwylf âbroten häfde, many believed that the sea-wolf (Grendel's mother) had killed him, [1600]; hî hyne ... âbroten häfdon, had killed him (the dragon), [2708].
[brim], st. n., flood, the sea: nom. sg., [848], [1595]; gen. sg. tô brimes faroðe, to the sea, [28]; ät brimes nosan, at the sea's promontory, [2804]; nom. pl. brimu swaðredon, the waves subsided, [570].
[brim-clif], st. n., sea-cliff, cliff washed by the sea: acc. pl. -clifu, [222].
[brim-lâd], st. f., flood-way, sea-way: acc. sg. þâra þe mid Beówulfe brimlâde teáh, who had travelled the sea-way with B., [1052].
[brim-lîðend], pt, sea-farer, sailor acc. p. -lîðende, [568].
[brim-streám], st. m., sea-stream, the flood of the sea: acc. pl. ofer brim-streámas, [1911].
[brim-wîsa], w. m., sea-king: acc. sg. brimwîsan, of Hæðcyn, king of the Geátas, [2931].
[brim-wylf], st. f., sea-wolf (designation of Grendel's mother): nom. sg. seó brimwylf, [1507], [1600].
[brim-wylm], st. m., sea-wave: nom. sg., [1495].