breme
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]breme
- (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.
- (archaic) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Keen, sharp, alert.
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]breme
- inflection of bremar:
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French bresme. See French brème.
Noun
[edit]breme m (plural bremi)
Further reading
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English breme
Noun
[edit]breme
- stormy, tempestuous, fierce
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- He was war of Arcite and Palamon / Þat fouȝten breme as it were bores two.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- "So upon the morn there came Sir Gawaine as brim (breme) as any boar, with a great spear in his hand."
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brēme (superlative brēmest)
Declension
[edit]Declension of brēme — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | brēme | brēmu, brēmo | brēme |
Accusative | brēmne | brēme | brēme |
Genitive | brēmes | brēmre | brēmes |
Dative | brēmum | brēmre | brēmum |
Instrumental | brēme | brēmre | brēme |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | brēme | brēma, brēme | brēmu, brēmo |
Accusative | brēme | brēma, brēme | brēmu, brēmo |
Genitive | brēmra | brēmra | brēmra |
Dative | brēmum | brēmum | brēmum |
Instrumental | brēmum | brēmum | brēmum |
Declension of brēme — Weak
Descendants
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bermę
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brȅme n (Cyrillic spelling бре̏ме)
Declension
[edit]Declension of breme
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