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bricon (1120-40)
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The form bricun2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

bricon (1120-40)

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bricen,  briceun,  bricoun,  bricun;  brecon , 
(n.sg.  brixs)  
  FEW:  *bricco 1,521b Gdf:  bricon 1,731b GdfC: ∅ TL: bricon 1 1,1142 DEAF:  bricon  DMF:  bricon  TLF: ∅ OED:  bricoun n.  MED:  braiton n.  / bricoun n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

1fool: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Dit lui qu’il est fols e bricuns  Trist thomas2 1834
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Mult pensai ore que fols e que brixs  Ch Guill 818
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  (Ale is so strong that) la coyfe de un bricoun (M.E.a fool) Teyndre seet saunz vermiloun  BIBB ROTH (T) 391
2rogue, scoundrel: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Suz le degrét ou il gist e converset [...] Tuz l’escarnissent, sil tenent pur bricun  S Alexis1 266
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Les cinc bricuns (=Danes) aveit il mort  GAIMAR1 556
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li quart (=murderer of Thomas Becket) fu Richard li Bretun, Ki ad ovré cum un bricun Par l’enemi  S Thom beneit1 1616
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  bricoun (M.E. myx)  bibb MS (C) 7vb

a.

foolish, wicked: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Pur ço fist Deu conparisun Al mund ki tant est bricun  Mirur2 957
estre bricon vers
to act wrongly, basely towards: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Qu’il ait merci de lui, s’il vers lui fud bricon  Horn 4552
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