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BRÍW

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BRÍW, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§360;
A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc, BREWIS; puls; gen. pultis = πόλτος porridge
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  • Ðes bríw

    this pottage;

    hæc puls,
      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290, 38.
  • Swá þicce swá bríw

    as thick as pottage,

      L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 25.
  • Ete ðone bríw

    let him eat the pottage,

      1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 2: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 19.
  • Bríwas niman

    pultes accipere,

      Lchdm. iii. 210, 4.
Etymology
[Plat. brij, m: Frs. bry: Dut. brij, m: Ger. brei, m: M. H. Ger. brí, bríe, m: O. H. Ger. brí, brío, m.]
Derived forms
DER. calwer-bríw.
Linked entries
v.  calwer-bríw briig.
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  • BRÍW, n.