A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Brade], sb. roast flesh, S; brede, S.—AS. brǽde.

Bradit; see [Brayden].

Brak; see [Breken].

[ Brand], sb. brand, firebrand, sword, MD; brond, brand, S2, C; brondes, pl., S; brands, i.e. fire-side, S2; brondis, torches, W.—AS. brand (brond).

[ Brant], adj. steep, high, MD, HD; brent, JD; brentest, superl., S2.—AS. brant (bront); cp. Swed. brant, Icel. brattr.

[ Bras], sb. brass, C2; bres, S; breas, S.—AS. bræs.

Brasten; see [Bresten].

Bratful; see [Bretful].

[ Brað], sb. violence, MD; braþþe, dat., S.—Cp. Icel. bráð. See [Broð].

[ Braun], sb. brawn, CM; boar’s flesh, PP; brawnes, pl., muscles, C2.—OF. braon, Prov. bradon (brazon); Low Lat. bradonem; see Ducange.