An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 112 : _To_ BREY, _v. a._ To terrify. _Wyntown._ A. S. _breg-an_, id. probably allied to Sw.

_To_ BREY, _v. a._ To terrify.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _breg-an_, id. probably allied to Sw. _bry_, to vex.

_To_ BREID, BREDE, _v. n._ To resemble.

V. ~Brade~, _v. 5_.

BREID, _s._ Breadth. _On breid_, broad, or in breadth.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _braed_; Su. G. _bredd_, id. _Brede_ occurs in O.E.

_R. Brunne._

BREYFE, BREVE, _s._ A writing.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _braue_, literae; Germ. _brief_, a letter; Isl. Su. G. _bref_, epistola, diploma; Fr. _brief_, _breve_, a writ. These are all from Lat.

_breve_.

_To_ ~Breif~, ~Breve~, ~Breue~, ~Brew~, _v. a._

1. To write, to commit to writing.

_Palace of Hon._

2. To compose.

_Dunbar._

Alem. _gebriaf-an_, scribere; Su. G. _bebref-wa_, literis confirmare.

L. B. _breviare_, in breves redigere.

BREIRD, _s._ The surface, the uppermost part, the top of any thing, as of liquids.

_Melvill's MS._

Evidently the same with ~Brerd~, q. v.

BREITH, _adj._ Proceeding from fervour of mind.

V. ~Braith~.

Su. G. _braede_, ira.

~Breithful~.

V. ~Braithful~.

BREK, _s._ Breach. _Wattir brek_, the breaking out of water.

_Douglas._

BREK, _s._ Uproar, tumult.

_Douglas._

Isl. _brak_, strepitus, tumultus, _eg brak-a_, strepo, cerpo, Su. G.

_braak-a_; metaph. de molesto quovis labore.

BREME, _adj._ Furious, Wynt.

V. ~Brim~.

BRENDE, _part. pa._ Burnt, so as to be thoroughly purified.

V. ~Burnt Silver~.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

BRENE, _s._ Corslet, habergeon.

V. ~Birnie~.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

BRENT, _pret. and part._ Burned; S. _brunt_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _brenn-ing_, burning; Isl. _brenn_, ardeo.