Middle English Dictionary Entry
braulen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | braulen v.(1) Also brall(en. |
| Etymology | Cp. Du. brallen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To raise a clamor, talk loudly, speak out; shout at (an animal).
Associated quotations
- c1390 Bi a wey (Vrn)70 : Þe driuere wole him [an ox] boxe and Bral [rimes: al, smal].
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)321/17 : What broll ouere brathely is bralland..carpand and calland.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)167/31,57 : I make a cry, That ye busk not to brall..Free men ar his thrall..Begyn he [Herod] to brall, many men cach skorne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)222/571 : Looke ye hold you still, and with no brodels brall..who so makys nose or cry, his nek I shall gar blede.
2.
(a) To quarrel, wrangle, squabble; (b) to fight, engage in fisticuffs, brawl.
Associated quotations
a
- a1456(a1426) Lydg.Mum.Hertford (Trin-C R.3.20)122 : To brawle and broyle she nad no maner fer.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)48 : Brawlyn or strywen: Litigo, jurgo.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)124/38 : What browle þat is brawlyng, his brayne loke ȝe brest.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.2171 : With oure housbandis neither braule ne stryffe, But euer in loue multeplie.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.2043 : Redie to fight, braule, Iangle, and chide.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)68 : I cownsell..my bretherne..that they bralle nat, nor strive in ther wordis.
b
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)55a/b : He fonde two of the hebrewes braulyng & fyghtyng to gydre.
3.
To boast, brag; ~ bost.
Associated quotations
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1349 : Loo! how he brawles hym for hys bryghte wedes.
- (1447) Shillingford23 : Braule, bragge and brace, lye and swere.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)464 : Wo-so brawle any boste..þo gadlyngis schal be gastyd.
- a1475 Imit.Chr.(Cmb Gg.1.16)112/18 : Brawling [Dub: braggyng wordes].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)178/409 : What nedys the to brall?