A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1475
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Brath, Braith, a. [Northern ME. brath, early braþ (Orm.), n. midland brothe, ON. bráð-r.] Fierce, violent, strong. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 201.
Sum saw angelis … That it kepit … Fra wemmyne of the fyr sa brath a1400 Ib. xxviii. 127.
As a schepe ymang wlfis brath c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 242.
Braith teris for baill byrst out fra bathe his eyn c1475 Ib. xi. 171.
Mouth and eyn Throuch the braith blaw all byrstit out of blud c1475 Ib. 1112.
Thi chyftane in braith bandis is bound
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