Middle English Dictionary Entry
bravie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bravie n. |
| Etymology | ML bravium (CL brabēum). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A prize or reward.
Associated quotations
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ballade ROL (Sln 1212)65 : Þu [Mary] art..O blisful bravie to knyghtis of thi werre.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)37.95 (v.1:p.261) : The labourer in the vyneyerde shal be youen a peny, to the renner in the furlonge a bravie or a sett-vp game [L (Graesse, p. 148): bravium], and to the manly fyghter a triumphal coroune.