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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bruk], sb. locust (= bruchus), W2, H; bruyk, H.—Gr. βροῦχος, βροῦκος.

[ Brune], sb. burning, S, MD; brene, S2.—AS. bryne.

[ Brunie], sb. corslet, coat of mail, S; brinie, MD; brini, HD, MD; burne, MD; bryniges, pl., S; brenyes, HD.—Icel. brynja: Goth. brunjo; cp. AS. byrne.

Brurd; see [Brerd].

Brusten; see [Bresten].

[ Brut], sb. Briton; Bruttes, pl., S.

[ Brutayne], sb. Brittany, S2.

Brutil; see [Britel].

[ Brutiner], sb. a man of Brittany, a Frenchman, a swaggerer, PP; Brytonere, P; Britoner, P.

[ Brutnen], v. to hew in pieces, MD; bruttenet, pp. slain, S2; see [Britnen].