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breme en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /bɹiːm/

Etymology

From Middle English brem, breme, from Old English brēme (“famous, glorious, noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”). Cognate with Latin fremō (“to murmur; to roar”), Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō, “to roar”), Polish brzmieć (“to be heard”).

Meanings

1. (Scotland, poetic, qualifier:obsolete except Northern England) Of the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous.
   • Let me, ah! lette me in your folds ye lock, / Ere the breme winter breede you greater griefe. 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
   • The same to him glad Summer or the Winter breme. 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

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