breme
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English brem, breme, from Old English brēme (“famous, glorious, noble”), from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”). Cognate with Latin fremō (“I murmur; I roar”), Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō, “I roar”), Polish brzmieć (“to be heard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹiːm/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -iːm
- Homophone: bream
Adjective
breme
- (obsolete) Stormy, tempestuous, fierce.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479:
- 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:
- The same to him glad Summer or the Winter breme.
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- (archaic) Keen, sharp, alert.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bresme. See French brème.
Middle English
Noun
breme
- stormy, tempestuous, fierce
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:
- 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 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
- "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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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *brōmiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbreː.me/
Declension
Declension of brēme — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | brēme | brēmu, brēmo | brēme |
| Accusative | brēmne | brēme | brēme |
| Genitive | brēmes | brēmre | brēmes |
| Dative | brēmum | brēmre | brēmum |
| Instrumental | brēme | brēmre | brēme |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | brēme | brēma, brēme | brēmu, brēmo |
| Accusative | brēme | brēma, brēme | brēmu, brēmo |
| Genitive | brēmra | brēmra | brēmra |
| Dative | brēmum | brēmum | brēmum |
| Instrumental | brēmum | brēmum | brēmum |
Declension of brēme — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | brēma | brēme | brēme |
| Accusative | brēman | brēman | brēme |
| Genitive | brēman | brēman | brēman |
| Dative | brēman | brēman | brēman |
| Instrumental | brēman | brēman | brēman |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | brēman | brēman | brēman |
| Accusative | brēman | brēman | brēman |
| Genitive | brēmra, brēmena | brēmra, brēmena | brēmra, brēmena |
| Dative | brēmum | brēmum | brēmum |
| Instrumental | brēmum | brēmum | brēmum |
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ikavian): brime
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bermę, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérHmn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brême/
- Hyphenation: bre‧me
Declension
Declension of breme
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | breme | bremèna |
| genitive | bremena | bremena |
| dative | bremenu | bremenima |
| accusative | breme | bremena |
| vocative | breme | bremena |
| locative | bremenu | bremenima |
| instrumental | bremenom | bremenima |
Derived terms
- bremènit
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