Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
brim .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.
- adjective Famous; renowned; well known.
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- adjective obsolete
stormy ,tempestuous ,fierce - adjective obsolete
famous ;renowned ; well-known
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tare owte theyre sable harte bie ryghtefulle breme [101];
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And that thie rede [36] bee efte borne downe bie breme [37].
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Ich granti wel þat he us deme. vor þeȝ he were wile breme.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
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Make everych acte, alyche theyr soules, be breme, 425
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To ken [7] syke [8] large a flete, syke fyne, syke breme [9].
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Cf. "Arcite and Palamon, That foughten _breme_, as it were bores two."
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Bre {n} na is a breme, & it is a fisshe of the riuer/& whan he seeth the pyke that wyll take hym/than he sinketh to the botom of {th} e wat {er} & maketh it so trobelous that the pyke can nat se hym.
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¶ Fresshe sturgyon, breme, perche in gelly, a Ioll of samon, sturgyon, and welkes; apples & peres rosted with suger candy.
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An 'says I-- for I wantit to ken whether I was sic a breme-buss (broom-bush) as I used to be -- says I, "Hoo are ye, Jock Mitchell?"
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His wife, or concubine, elicited from him the secret, that his art could ward off any danger except the poison -. ous qualities of broth, made of the flesh of a breme sow.
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