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BRÉME

  • adjective
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Grammar
BRÉME, brýme; def. se bréma, seó, ðæt bréme; comp. brémra; sup. brémest, brýmust; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434; §553;
Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus
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  • Og wæs bréme cyning on Basane

    Og was a celebrated king in Basan,

      Ps. Th. 135, 21: Menol. Fox 80; Men. 40.

  • Ðæt is heálíc dæg, béntíd brému

    that is a high day, a celebrated time for supplication,

      148; Men. 75.

  • Ðis is anlícnes ðæs brémestan mid ðám burgwarum in ðære ceastre

    this is the image of the most celebrated amongst the inhabitants in the city.

      Andr. Kmbl. 1435; An. 718.

  • Beówulf wæs bréme

    Beowulf was renowned.

      Beo. Th. 35; B. 18: Cd. 177; Th. 222, 13; Dan. 104.

  • Ðá wearþ se bréma on móde blíðe

    then was the illustrious one blithe in mind,

      Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 10; Jud. 57.

  • Ne hýrde ic bisceop brémran

    I have not heard a more illustrious bishop,

      Menol. Fox 205; Men. 104.

  • Béc syndon bréme

    books are famous,

      Salm. Kmbl. 473; Sal. 237.

  • Salomon wæs brémra, ðeáh ðe Saturnus sumra hæfde bóca cǽga

    Salomon was the more famous, though Saturn had the keys of some books,

      366; Sal. 182.

  • Fram gebyrdtíde brémes Cyninges

    from the birth-time of the glorious King [Christ ],

      Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 20; Edg. 12.

  • Hí Rómána brýmuste wǽron

    they were the most esteemed of the Romans,

      Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30.
Etymology
[Northumb. bróeme clarus.]
Linked entries
v.  brémen brýme.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BRÉME.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5042.

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