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BRÉMEL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BRÉMEL, brémbel, brǽmbel, brémber, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§122; §340;
A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush; tribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus, Lin
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  • Herba rubus [erusti MS. = rubus fruticosus], ðæt is brémel [brémbel MS. H.] the herb rubus,

    that is bramble,

      Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21.
  • Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel MS. H.] nemneþ

    take this herb which a man calls bramble,

      Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9.
  • Brémelas

    vepres,

      Wrt. Voc. 80, 23.
  • Brémlas

    vepres,

      Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 15 : Gl. 48; Som. 65, 52; Wrt. Voc. 33, 48.
  • Abraham geseah ánne ramm betwux ðám brémelum be ðám hornum gehæft

    Abraham vidit arietem inter vepres hærentem cornibus,

      Gen. 22, 13.
  • Þornas and brémelas heó asprít ðé

    spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi,

      3, 18: Homl. Th. i. 432, 34.
  • Wið útwærce, brémbel ðe síen begen endas on eorþan

    for dysentery, a bramble of which both ends are in the earth,

      L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 30.
  • Seó eorþe sylþ ðé þornas and brémblas

    the earth shall give thee thorns and brambles,

      Homl. Th. i. 18, 17.
  • He rom geseah brém-brum fæstne

    he saw a ram fast in the brambles,

      Cd. 142; Th. 177, 12; Gen. 2928.
Etymology
[Chauc. brember: Wyc. brembil, brimbil: Plat. brammel-beere, f: Dut. braam, m. a bramble; braam-bézie, f. a blackberry: Kil. braeme, breme rubus: Ger. brom-beere, f. a blackberry: O. H. Ger. bráma, f; brámo, m; brámal, n: Dan. brambær, n: Swed. brombär, m.]
Derived forms
DER. heop-brémel.
Linked entries
v.  brǽmbel brǽmbel-brǽr brǽmbel-leáf brémbel brémbel-rind brémber brémblas.
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  • BRÉMEL, n.