bretful

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bratful, bredful, bredfull, bred full, brede-ful, brerdfull, breteful, bret ful, bret-ful, bret full, bret-full, brett-full, brurdful

Etymology

From brerd +‎ -ful, calquing Old Norse *breddfullr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛtful/, /ˈbrɛːtful/

Adjective

bretful

1. brimful (totally filled)
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 688-9.

     His walet lay biforn hym in his lappe
     Bretful of pardoun come from Rome al hoot.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. entirely covered

References

• “bred-ful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “brērdful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.