Middle English Dictionary Entry
brēsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | brēsen v. |
| Etymology | Prob. akin to OE byrst, ME bristel a bristle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To bristle; bresed, shaggy (eyebrows).
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1694 : His berde ibrad alle his brest..His browes bresed as breres aboute his brode chekes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)305 : His rede yȝen he reled aboute, Bende his bresed broȝez..Wayued his berde.