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Webster 1913 Edition


Breme

Breme

(brēm)
,
Adj.
[OE.
breme
,
brime
, fierce, impetuous, glorious, AS.
brēme
,
brȳme
, famous. Cf.
Brim
,
Adj.
]
1.
Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
From the septentrion cold, in the
breme
freezing air.
Drayton.
2.
Famous; renowned; well known.
Wright.
[Written also
brim
and
brimme
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Breme

BREME

,
Adj.
[L. fremo.] Cruel; sharp. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


Breme

Breme

See also: breme, brème, brême, and Brême

Central Franconian

Proper noun

Breme

  1. (Kölsch) Bremen

breme

breme

See also: Breme, brème, brême, and Brême

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

breme

  1. (obsolete) Stormy, tempestuous, fierce.
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale:
      He was war of Arcite and Palamon / Þat fouȝten breme as it were bores two.
    • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
      Let me, ah! lette me in your folds ye lock, / Ere the breme winter breede you greater griefe.
    • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:
      The same to him glad Summer or the Winter breme.
      Mallory, "Le Morte d'Arthur":
      "So upon the morn there came Sir Gawaine as brim (breme) as any boar, with a great spear in his hand."
    • (Can we date this quote?), Drayton;
      From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air.
  2. (obsolete) Famous; renowned; well-known.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

Anagrams


Italian

Noun

breme m (plural bremi)

  1. (zoology, ichthyology) bream (of genus Abramis)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brōmiz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

brēme

  1. (poetic) famous, renowned

Declension

Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative brēma brēme brēme brēman nom. brēme brēme brēmu brēme brēmu, -e brēma, -e
accusative brēman brēme brēman acc. brēmne brēme brēme brēme brēmu, -e brēma, -e
genitive brēman brēmra, brēmena gen. brēmes brēmes brēmre brēmra
dative brēman brēmum dat. brēmum brēmum brēmre brēmum
instrumental brēme

Descendants


Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brême/
  • Hyphenation: bre‧me

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bermę.

Noun

brȅme n (Cyrillic spelling бре̏ме)

  1. burden, load

Declension

Derived terms

  • bremènit