An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 114 : _Bannatyne Poems._
Fr. _bribeur_, "a beggar, a sc.r.a.p-craver; also, a greedy de
_Bannatyne Poems._
Fr. _bribeur_, "a beggar, a sc.r.a.p-craver; also, a greedy devourer;"
_briber_, to beg; and this from _bribe_, a lump of bread given to a beggar; Cotgr. C. B. _briw_, _brib_, a morsel, a fragment.
BRICHT, BRYCHT, A young woman, strictly as conveying the idea of beauty.
_Wallace._
Merely a poetical use of the adj. _bright_; in the same manner as ancient writers used _fre_, _clere_, &c.
BRID, BRIDDE, _s._ A bird, a pullet.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _brid_ is used for chicken, as also S. _burd_.
BRIDLAND, _part. pre._
_Polwart._
Apparently, q. bridalling, drinking as freely as men do at a bridal.
BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ A bridge, S. A. Bor. Lancash.
_Wallace._
A. S. _bricg_, _brigge_, Su. G. _brygga_, Belg. _brug_, id. Ihre views _brygga_ as a diminutive from _bro_, anc. _bru_, which has the same meaning.
BRIGANER, _s. pl._ A robber, S. B.
Evidently from _brigand_.
_Journ. Lond._
BRIL, _s._ The merry thought of a fowl.
V. ~Breels~.
_Sibbald._
Teut. _bril_, ossiculum circa pectus a specilli similitudine dictum.
BRYLIES, _s. pl._ Bearberries.
V. ~Brawlins~.
BRIM, BRYM, BREME, _adj._
1. Raging, swelling; applied to the sea.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Isl. _brim_, the raging of the sea. The word is thus defined; Aestus maris, vehementibus procellis littus verberans; Olai Lex. Run.
A. S. _brim_, _brym_, salum, aequor, mare, the sea.
2. Fierce, violent.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. Stern, rugged, applied to the countenance.
_Douglas._
4. Denoting a great degree either of heat or of cold.
_Douglas._
Thus, "a _brim_ frost," is still a common phrase for a severe frost, S.
B.
~Brymly~, _adv._ Fiercely, keenly. Wall. vii. 995.
V. ~Artailye~.
BRIM, _s._ A cant term for a trull, Loth.
Callander of Craigforth, in some MS. notes, mentions _brim_, as signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.
_To_ BRYN, BRIN, BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _brinn-a_, Germ. _brenn-an_, id. A. S. _bryne_, burning.
~Brynstane~, _Brynt-stane_, _s._ Brimstone, sulphur.
_Douglas._
