Middle English Dictionary Entry
brige n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brige n. Also brig(ge. |
| Etymology | OF brigue |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. brike n.(2).
1.
(a) Strife, dissension; a dispute; (b) a difficulty, plight; bringen, fallen in ~.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2872 : Myne aduersaries han bigonnen this debaat and brige [vr. brigge] by hire outrage.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)203a/b : Onyx..multiplieþ plee and brigges [L lites] and moeueþ þe herte to contencioun.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)50 : Bryge, or debate: Briga, discensio.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)132/182 : Þis bryge shall well to ende be broght.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)444 : The kynge wolde not be governede by the lordes assignede in that laste parliamente for that same bryge.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.37.82a : It longith not to suche officeres..to moeve newe brigges.
b
- c1400 Wycl.DSins (Bod 647)128 : If a man falle in brygge for worldly richesses, he forfetis ageyne þo cheef lord and noght haves by right.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4920 : Þei rekke naght what bryge her lorde be Inne, So þat þei mowen golde & siluyr wynne.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)27/143 : Eue garte me do wronge, and to þat bryg me brought.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)33/104 : Al that meyny that in this brige [Thynne: brigge] thee broughten lokeden rather after thyne helpes than thee to have releved.