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[ FEW: 1,490a *brag-; Gdf: 1,720a braire; GdfC: 8,365a braire; TL: 1,1114 braire; DEAF: braire; DMF: braire; TLF: braire; OED: bray v.1; MED: braien v.1; DMLBS: 214a braiare ]

breire, brere; braeer, braer, braere, braher, braier; broire,
ind.pr.3 braiet, brait, braie, braihe, breit, bret, beree;
ind.pr.6 braient, breent;
ind.impf.3 braheit;
fut.6 braerunt, breierent;
pret.1 braiai;
pret.3 braist, braa;
pret.6 braerent, braierent, breierent;
sbj.pr.3 brait;
p.pr. braant, braiaunt, breant, broiant

v.n.

1soundto roar, howl:

( MS: s.xiii^1/4 ) Pandatio -as, id est braeer 35.31

( MS: s.xiii ) vagit: brayet i 147

( MS: s.xiii² ) rudere: brayer ii 12

♦sound human(of the noise made by humans) to cry out, shout, yell:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Qui donc fu pres d’iluec grant noise put oir, Braire les chevalers e les chevals henir 3522

( 1306 ) jeo criay e brayay 33-35 Ed I 123

♦to cry, howl, wail:

( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Mout oissiez enfanz plorer, Hommes braire, fames crier ii 317.280

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^m ) Iluec les (=the damned in Hell) oi saint Paul estrange doel faire, E crier e braere cum se ço fust toneire 159-60

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Les enfaunz [...] En cryaunt braerent pyteusement 6868

♦to lament:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) Sainte Eglise crie e brait Pur cels qui li malfé deceit 4950

2sound zool.(of the noise made by various animals) to roar:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) uns marins serpenz [...] Plus halt braiet que quinze tors 912

( c.1290; MS: s.xv¹ ) urse brait (M.E. braies) (O) 333va

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xiv² ) il cria cume leun quant il breit 1814

♦sound mammals zool.(of monkeys) to cry:

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: 1382 ) Senge braie (M.E. Ape scrikith) 744

♦sound livestock mammals(of donkeys) to bray:

( 1121-35; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) Cum li asnes fait Ki rechane e brait 1880

♦sound livestock mammals(of sheep) to bleat:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Kaunt ele targast au lever Matyn le ayngnel soleyt braer 3672

♦sound orn.zool.livestock(of hens) to cackle:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) la geline quant ele ad pont ne fest fors brere 180.9

♦sound orn.zool.(of sparrows) to twitter:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) moisson favele toz jours e bret e jangle e crie 237.34

♦sound mammals zool.(of elephants) to trumpet:

( MS: s.xiii² ) Hinc elephas barrit: (Hb) brayet (var. (A: s.xv²) noys; (H: s.xiii^ex) criet) i 338

3sound(of water) to roar:

( s.xii^3/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) la mer [...] Undeie e brait cum esragee 782

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Cist mundes est ausi cum mer Ke ja ne set en pais ester, Mais tutdis bruit et tutdis brait 1501

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) toutes estes en cest corant, en la braante eve del siecle qe nuiz porte avalante 51.11

p.pr._as_a.

1raving, enraged:

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) rabidus: breant gallice i 146

♦(of water) rushing, roaring:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^m ) Es granz undes broiant (O) 4962

( c.1200; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) De refreider son cors il out talant D’ewe de puis u de fontainne broiant (B) 11604

braire aprés

1to cry for:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Le enfaunt enfebly ke fu tendre E braa aprés sa sustenaunce 8670

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