brike
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English brice, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki.
Noun edit
brike (plural brikes)
- A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3579-3580:
- [...] Genilon Oliver, corrupt for mede,
Broghte this worthy king in swich a brike.- [...] Ganelon-Oliver, corrupt for a bribe,
Brought this worthy king into such a plight.
- [...] Ganelon-Oliver, corrupt for a bribe,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3579-3580:
References edit
- “brike”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bricke and Middle Dutch brike, related to breken (“to break”). Cognate with French brique.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brike