Obs. [app.:—OE. bryttian to divide into fragments:—*brutjôjan, f. *brutjon- divider, f. brut- pa. pple. stem of breutan to break, divide. Cf. ON. brytja to chop in pieces.] trans. To cut in pieces; = BRITTEN 3.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., 244. His hede þei of smyten … Þe dede body þe[i] britten on four quarters corn [i.e., corven].
