Middle English Dictionary Entry

braun n.
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Entry Info

Forms braun n. Also brahun, braon, brawun, brawen, broun, broin, bran.
Etymology OF bräon, bräoun flesh, meat.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) The muscular part (of a limb); muscular tissue; a muscle; specif., voluntary striated muscle; ~ flesh; (b) muscle as one of the component parts of the body; ~ and bones.
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2.
(a) Flesh as food (raw or cooked), meat; breast meat (of a fowl); wild ~, ?venison, ?boar's meat; ~ rial, a meat dish; (b) a fish dish (served in Lent).
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3.
The carcass of a hog (or wild boar), pork; a side of pork, ?a flitch of bacon; scutum de ~; demidium de ~, a quarter of pork; shulder ~, a shoulder or fore-quarter of pork.
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4.
A wild boar [cp. braun of a bore under 2 (a)].
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. brawn.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. brawn flesh.

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