Middle English Dictionary Entry
breithen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | breithen v. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI bregða (corresp. to OE bregdan). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. breiden v.(1).
1.
To rush.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1421 : So faste þay weȝed to him wyne, hit warmed his hert, And breyþed uppe into his brayn.