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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Brode], sb. brood, S, Prompt.—Cp. OHG. bruot (Weigand).

Broiden; see [Brayden].

[ Brok], sb. brock, badger, Prompt.; broc, W; brockes, pl., P; brokkys, PP.—AS. broc; OIr. brocc.

[ Brok], sb. brook, PP; broke, P.—AS. bróc.

[ Brol], sb. a brat, child, MD, S3, PP; brolle, P; brawl, ND.—Cp. Low Lat. brollus, ‘miserculus’ (Prompt., p. 50).

Brond; see [Brand].

[ Broð], adj. violent, MD; braþ, MD; braith, JD.—Icel. bráðr. Cf. [Brað].

[ Broþeful], adj. violent, MD; braithful, JD.

[ Brothel], sb. a wretch, PP, MD, HD; brothell, Palsg.

[ Broþeliche], adv. violently, MD; broþely, hastily, quickly, S2; braithly, JD.