Obs. Forms: 1 ǽwbryce, 2–3 eu-, ewe, ewue, eaubruche. [OE. ǽwbryce, f. OE. ǽw, Æ sb.2 marriage + bryce, BRUCHE, a breaking.] Adultery.
a. 1000. in Thorpe, Laws, I. 374 (Bosw.). Wið æʓhwylcne æwbryce.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 49. Alse þeos men doð þe liggeð inne eubruche.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 137. Alle þo … don ewuebruche on here agene spuse. Ibid., 213. Ollende word and idele lehtres … beð bispeke ewebruche.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 204. Heo beoth … Hordom, Eaubruche, [etc.].
