Middle English Dictionary Entry
abreid n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abreid n. |
| Etymology | Cp. abreiden v.(2) |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Censure, upbraiding.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.437 : Yif..Catoun Hadde ageyn me..maad abraid, I wolde haue suffrid what-euere he hadde said.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3052 : Wherto makest thou such abreid? Me thinkes thou spekest without resoun.