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_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 OE

_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 co

_Palace of Hon_

2 To compose

_Dunbar_

Aleebriaf-an_, scribere; Su G _bebref-wa_, literis confirmare

L B _breviare_, in breves redigere

BREIRD, _s_ The surface, the upper, as of liquids

_Melvill's MS_

Evidently the same with ~Brerd~, q v