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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1535
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Brittin, Bryttin, v. Also: brit(t)yn, bretyn; britn-, brytn-. [ME. britten, bryttyn, etc., OE. brytnian. See also Bertyn.] tr. To hack or hew down or in pieces. (Only in poetry.) a1500 Golagros and Gawane 468.
[Thay] Bretynit doune braid wod, maid bewis full bair 1513 Doug. iii. iv. 26.
With wapynnys thame we brittyn, but dreid or aw 1513 Ib. iii. iv. 78; etc.
Becaus ȝe have … Brytnyt our styrkis and ȝong bestis 1535 Stewart 32930.
With thair brandis tha britynnit thame ilkone c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 400 (ed. 1570).
Of Sutheroun men that bryttinit war to deid
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