Middle English Dictionary Entry
birẹ̄men v.
Entry Info
| Forms | birẹ̄men v. |
| Etymology | From rẹ̄men cry out, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To scold (sb.); (b) to bewail or deplore (a loss).
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)29 : Nu shalt..biremen him mið euel wordes.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)40/692 : Ne nul ich nawt..awei warpe þet þing, hwas lure ich schal biremen.