Made brittle or fragile; broken into small pieces (archaic/dialectal).
From British English 'britten,' past participle of 'britten,' related to 'brittle' (from Old English bryce, meaning broken). This is an archaic or dialect form rarely used in modern English.
The word 'britten' is so archaic that it's mostly known today as a surname—Benjamin Britten the composer—which shows how old words get preserved accidentally through family names even when the original word disappears from speech.
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