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_To_ BREY, _v. a._ To terrify.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _breg-an_, id. probably allied to Sw. _bry_, to vex.
_To_ BREID, BREDE, _v. n._ To resemble.
V. ~Brade~, _v. 5_.
BREID, _s._ Breadth. _On breid_, broad, or in breadth.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _braed_; Su. G. _bredd_, id. _Brede_ occurs in O.E.
_R. Brunne._
BREYFE, BREVE, _s._ A writing.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _braue_, literae; Germ. _brief_, a letter; Isl. Su. G. _bref_, epistola, diploma; Fr. _brief_, _breve_, a writ. These are all from Lat.
_breve_.
_To_ ~Breif~, ~Breve~, ~Breue~, ~Brew~, _v. a._
1. To write, to commit to writing.
_Palace of Hon._
2. To compose.
_Dunbar._
Alem. _gebriaf-an_, scribere; Su. G. _bebref-wa_, literis confirmare.
L. B. _breviare_, in breves redigere.
BREIRD, _s._ The surface, the uppermost part, the top of any thing, as of liquids.
_Melvill's MS._
Evidently the same with ~Brerd~, q. v.
BREITH, _adj._ Proceeding from fervour of mind.
V. ~Braith~.
Su. G. _braede_, ira.
~Breithful~.
V. ~Braithful~.
BREK, _s._ Breach. _Wattir brek_, the breaking out of water.
_Douglas._
BREK, _s._ Uproar, tumult.
_Douglas._
Isl. _brak_, strepitus, tumultus, _eg brak-a_, strepo, cerpo, Su. G.
_braak-a_; metaph. de molesto quovis labore.
BREME, _adj._ Furious, Wynt.
V. ~Brim~.
BRENDE, _part. pa._ Burnt, so as to be thoroughly purified.
V. ~Burnt Silver~.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
BRENE, _s._ Corslet, habergeon.
V. ~Birnie~.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
BRENT, _pret. and part._ Burned; S. _brunt_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _brenn-ing_, burning; Isl. _brenn_, ardeo.
