breme

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See also: Breme, brème, brême, and Brême

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English brem, breme, from Old English brēme (famous, glorious, noble), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (famous). Cognate with Latin fremō (I murmur; I roar), Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō, I roar), Polish brzmieć (to be heard).

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Adjective

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breme

  1. (obsolete) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Stormy, tempestuous, fierce.
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: [], London: [] Hugh Singleton, [], →OCLC:
      Let me, ah! lette me in your folds ye lock, / Ere the breme winter breede you greater griefe.
    • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:
      The same to him glad Summer or the Winter breme.
  2. (archaic) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Keen, sharp, alert.

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Galician

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Verb

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breme

  1. inflection of bremar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French bresme. See French brème.

Noun

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breme m (plural bremi)

  1. bream (of genus Abramis)

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English breme

Noun

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breme

  1. stormy, tempestuous, fierce

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz.

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Adjective

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brēme (superlative brēmest)

  1. (poetic) famous, renowned, glorious

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: brem, breme

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bermę

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /brême/
  • Hyphenation: bre‧me

Noun

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brȅme n (Cyrillic spelling бре̏ме)

  1. burden, load

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