Middle English Dictionary Entry
braunī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | braunī adj. |
| Etymology | From braun . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Made of muscle; (b) heavily muscled, muscular; ~ bodied; (c) heavily fleshed (fruit).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)175/8 : Þe necke of þe maris is fleischi & brawny.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)36a/b : Lacerosus: brawny.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)11a/a : Þe þridde flesche is brawny or lacertous..it is I founden by al þe body wher so euer is schewed mouynge, meltynge, & cleuynge.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)17a/b : The conteynynge parties [of the breast] beeþ foure: þe skyn, brawny flesshe, þe tetes, & þe bones.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)17b/a : The substaunce of þe herte is harde and as it were lacertouse & ful brawny.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.874 : Folis too yeer old..brawny bodied, huge, argute & longe.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)246 : For bataile adolescentys yonge Of grym visage..boned stronge, Brawny.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.742 : Ox dong aboute her roote if that me trete, The pomes sadde & braune [BodAdd: brawny] wol it gete.