A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Breste, variant of Brase v. (to embrace). —1540 Lynd. Sat. 642.
Now let me breste [B. brais] thé in my armis
