brayen
Middle English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French braire (“to cry”), from Vulgar Latin *bragiāre, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to fart”).
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
brayen (third-person singular simple present brayeth, present participle brayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brayed)
- To cry out in alarm or sorrow.
- (of an animal) To cry or shriek.
- (of the weather, rare) To howl or roar.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of brayen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “braien, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman breier, possibly from Frankish *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną; thus a doublet of breken.
Verb edit
brayen (third-person singular simple present brayeth, present participle brayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brayed)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of brayen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “braien, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.