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発音

• IPA: /bɹiːm/
• 韻: -iːm
• Homophone: bream

形容詞

breme

1. (obsolete except Northern England, Scotland or poetic) Of the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     Let me, ah! lette me in your folds ye lock, / Ere the breme winter breede you greater griefe.

   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     The same to him glad Summer or the Winter breme.

別の表記

• (fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous): brim

アナグラム

• EBMer, Ember, berme, ember

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbreː.me/

形容詞

brēme (superlative brēmest) (West Saxon)

1. (poetic) famous, renowned, glorious

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: brem, breme
  • English: breme
  • Scots: breme

名詞

breme

1. stormy, tempestuous, fierce
   • 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:

     He was war of Arcite and Palamon / Þat fouȝten breme as it were bores two.

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   • 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:

     "So upon the morn there came Sir Gawaine as brim (breme) as any boar, with a great spear in his hand."

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