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BRIM, BRYM, BREME, _adj._

1. Raging, swelling; applied to the sea.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Isl. _brim_, the raging of the sea. The word is thus defined; Aestus maris, vehementibus procellis littus verberans; Olai Lex. Run.

A. S. _brim_, _brym_, salum, aequor, mare, the sea.

2. Fierce, violent.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

3. Stern, rugged, applied to the countenance.

_Douglas._

4. Denoting a great degree either of heat or of cold.

_Douglas._

Thus, ”a _brim_ frost,” is still a common phrase for a severe frost, S.

B.

~Brymly~, _adv._ Fiercely, keenly. Wall. vii. 995.

V. ~Artailye~.

BRIM, _s._ A cant term for a trull, Loth.

Callander of Craigforth, in some MS. notes, mentions _brim_, as signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.

_To_ BRYN, BRIN, BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _brinn-a_, Germ. _brenn-an_, id. A. S. _bryne_, burning.

~Brynstane~, _Brynt-stane_, _s._ Brimstone, sulphur.

_Douglas._

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