brent (brow), II, 191, 25; IV, 272, 2; 387, 1: high and straight. Also, smooth, unwrinkled.
brents, I, 74, 76, 78: door-posts, or doors. (Icelandic brandar, postes, Egilsson; ships’ beaks used as ornaments over the chief door of dwellings, Vigfusson.)
brest. See breast.
brest, burst.
brether, brothers, brethren, I, 104, 10; III, 478, 15. bretheren, III, 26, 74; 478, 14. brethern, bretherne, II, 73, 17; 160, 3, 9; III, 57, 27; 67, 217. brothren, III, 29, 148. brethen, III, 22, 4, 6; 23, 10; V, [135] b, 19.
bretther o degs, with a b. of d. ye’ll clear up my nags, IV, 312, 3 (the reading may be bretlher ... clean): corrupt. “brathay an degs would mean with old cloth and torn rags: brathay (obsolete) worn out brats or clothes.” W. Forbes.
breyde, n., with a breyde, III, 110, 20: with a rush, in haste.
breyde, v., III, 110, 9: rushed, bounded.
bride-steel, brid-stell, bride-stool, bride-styl, IV, 181, 7, 8; 182, F 2, 3; 183, 2; V, [256] a, 4, 5: seat in church where the bridegroom and bride sat before the beginning of the service.
brie, brow. See bree.