Brem(e), adj. fierce, violent, V 132, VII 139, 152, &c.; threatening, wild, V 77; passionate, VII 104; glorious, II 61; adv. gloriously, XV b 27. [OE. brēme, adj. and adv.]
Brem(e)ly, adv. fiercely, violently, V 251, VII 106; exceedingly, V 165. [From prec.]
Bren, Bran, n. bran, VIII a 175, 278. [OFr. bren.]
Bren, v. to burn; Brent, pp. VII 152, 159; Brennynge, pres. p. fervent, XI b 67; Brennynge, n. burning, IX 10. [ON. brenna.] See Byrne, Brin.
Brent, adj. steep, V 97. [Cf. OE. brant.]
Bren-waterys, n. pl. XV h 22, 'water-burners', i.e. blacksmiths (from the hiss of the hot iron when plunged in water). Compare burn-the-wind, a nickname for blacksmiths. [Bren, v. + Watter.]
Brere, n. briar, II 276. [OE. brǣr, brēr.]
Brest, n. breast, V 303. [OE. brēost.]
Brest(e), Brast (XVII), v. trans. and intr. to burst, IV a 81, XV h 6, XVII 264; Barste, pa. t. sg. VIII a 171; Brosten, pp. XVI 196. [OE. berstan; ON. bresta.]
Bretfull, adj. full to the brim, VII 164. [OE., ME. brerdfull, prob. with substitution of ON. cognate form *bredd-; cf. Swed. bräddfull.]