Middle English Dictionary Entry
brẹ̄th n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | brẹ̄th n.(3) Also breyt, briuþ, bryð, brethen, bruþen. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS brȳþ, brȳþen, A *brēoþ, *brēoþen, from the root of brēowan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The process of brewing; ~ led, a vessel for brewing or cooking; (b) broth, soup.
Associated quotations
a
- a1275 Þene latemeste dai (Trin-C B.14.39)89 : As beit is heþe-[read: heye-]puttes asse a bruþen-leit [Clg: bruþen-led].
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.26/12 : She myghte nat than parforme the brethen [L cervisiam] that she hadde begunne.
- a1525(?1421) Cov.Leet Bk.25 : That no breuster sell no derre a Cestron ale to noo hukster but for xviii d., up the peyn of xl d. at euery defaut of eche brethon.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)23/6 : Do hym bryð of meolte [read: meolce] ȝemaced.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)45/22 : Hetan pinhutene cyrnles..and oþera hnutena..and wyrce hym blacne briuþ.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)96 : Kast therto god fat breyt of Bef.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)112 : Do it boyle in god breth of Buf other of Pork.