Noun: breme
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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He was war of Arcite and Palamon / Þat fouȝten breme as it were bores two. [1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:]
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"So upon the morn there came Sir Gawaine as brim (breme) as any boar, with a great spear in his hand." [1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:]
Nouns inflected like breme
comaunde,
venymynge,
pursuyte,
dremere,
waverynge,
gruntynge,
college,
strewynge,
synagoge,
flete,
mytre,
cothe,
thele,
jubbe,
spyne,
selde,
neiȝboresse,
governynge,
sanguisuge,
magnete, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old English breme See: Old English Nouns '
breme'.
Verbs referencing "breme"
English Nouns
bream.
Translations