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bréme

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§434; §553;
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  • Dæg brýme

    dies Celebris,

    • Hy. S. 38, 5
    • .
  • Se bréma cyng (Cnuf),

    • Chr. 1023
    • ;
    • P. 156, II
    • .
  • Béda ðe bróema bóecere,

    • Jn. L. 10, 37 margin.
  • Þá rícu þæs bréman Fæder

    Patris regna,

    • Dom. L. 295
    • .
  • Heó æteówde hyre breóst þám bréman Philippe,

    • Hml. S. 2, 234
    • :
    • 18, 363
    • .
  • Þú tóbrýttest þone bréman here,

    • 25, 370, 629, 658
    • .
  • Brýmest

    celeberrimus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 64
    • .
  • Seó (Athens) wæs þá brémost (brýmest, v. l.) on láre,

    Hml. S. 3, II.
  • Se brémesta ł wyrðfullesta

    celeberrimus, i. nobilissimus,

    • An. Ox. 55 :

    excellentissimus,

    • 2301:

    opina-tissimus,

    • 4999.
  • Hié Rómána brémuste wǽron tó ðǽm cyninge

    they were most illustrious of the Romans after the king,

    • Ors. 2, 2
    • ;
    • S. 66, 32
    • .
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[
Is ðeos burch (Durham ) breome geond Breotenrice, C. D. B. ii. 375, 36.
Is ðerinne . . . breoma bocera Beda and Boisil abbot, 376, 13.
v. N. E. D. breme.
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  • bréme, adj.