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brun (1086)
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brun (1086)

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broun,  browne  (burn)  
  FEW:  *brun 15/i,306b Gdf:  brun 1,747c GdfC:  brun 8,389a TL: brun 1,1179 DEAF:  brun  DMF:  brun  TLF:  brun  OED:  brown a.  MED:  broun a.  DMLBS:  brunus 220b

a.

1colourdark, brown: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Jacincte est bloye en verité, E est unzime en la cité; E alquantes unt brun semblaunt,  Lapid 273.220
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ainz verra la barbe de son vis florir E le poil de son chef, qe bloy (var. (P: c.1310) brun) est, tot chanir  Rom Chev ANTS 1179
( MS: s.xiii2 )  spadix: brun  TLL ii 21
( MS: s.xiiiex )  fuscus: (C) brun  TLL ii 163
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Triblez bien la brune ameroke en vin  Pop Med 274.57
( 1300 )  capucium mulieris de burn furra  Leicester i 363
2horsescolourzool.bay: 
( MS: s.xiv )  badios: bays, brun  TLL ii 58.78
3brightly coloured: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  cent somers de brun payles trussez  Boeve 3290
♦shining, burnished: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Aimas [...] de fer brun (var. (G: s.xiiiin) bruni) a la culur  Lapid 30.51
( c.1185 )  Il tint en halt l’espee brune  Proth ANTS 8035
4 name (used as a (sur)name): 
( 1086 )  In Lodevurde: Brun .iiij. bov[atae] ter[rae]  Domesday Book Derbyshire f.3a
( 1111-38 )  Richard Brun  Family Names Brown
( 1209 )  Conan filius Brun  Family Names Brown
( 1296 )  Agnes Broun  Family Names Brown

s.

1colourbrown pigment: 
( 1399-1400 )  pur okir, cole, brouns et stre pur lez dawbers .xl. s. .vij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 1 Henry IV
2eccl.monasticFranciscan friar: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  R. de B., un brun, un prode bacheler  Becket1 2020
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1111-38 )  Richard le Brun le mercer  Family Names Brown
( 1318 )  John le Browne  Family Names Brown
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