Part 114 (1/2)

_Bannatyne Poems._

Fr. _bribeur_, ”a beggar, a sc.r.a.p-craver; also, a greedy devourer;”

_briber_, to beg; and this from _bribe_, a lump of bread given to a beggar; Cotgr. C. B. _briw_, _brib_, a morsel, a fragment.

BRICHT, BRYCHT, A young woman, strictly as conveying the idea of beauty.

_Wallace._

Merely a poetical use of the adj. _bright_; in the same manner as ancient writers used _fre_, _clere_, &c.

BRID, BRIDDE, _s._ A bird, a pullet.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

A. S. _brid_ is used for chicken, as also S. _burd_.

BRIDLAND, _part. pre._

_Polwart._

Apparently, q. bridalling, drinking as freely as men do at a bridal.

BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ A bridge, S. A. Bor. Lancash.

_Wallace._

A. S. _bricg_, _brigge_, Su. G. _brygga_, Belg. _brug_, id. Ihre views _brygga_ as a diminutive from _bro_, anc. _bru_, which has the same meaning.

BRIGANER, _s. pl._ A robber, S. B.

Evidently from _brigand_.

_Journ. Lond._

BRIL, _s._ The merry thought of a fowl.

V. ~Breels~.

_Sibbald._

Teut. _bril_, ossiculum circa pectus a specilli similitudine dictum.

BRYLIES, _s. pl._ Bearberries.

V. ~Brawlins~.