Obs. Forms: 1 ǽwbryca, 2 eubruche. [OE. ǽwbryca, f. prec.]
Also Eaubrekere. Obs. In 2 eawbrekere. [f. ME. brekere BREAKER] An adulterer.
a. 1000. in Thorpe, Laws, II. 268 (Bosw.). Se ðe his æwe forlæt, and nimð oðer wif, he biþ æwbryca.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 13. Ne beo þu eubruche. Ne do þu þeofðe. Ibid., 29. Rubberes … and þa eawbrekeres … habbeð an þonc fulneh.
