brayen

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Middle English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French braire (to cry), from Vulgar Latin *bragiāre, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (to fart).

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brayen (third-person singular simple present brayeth, present participle brayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brayed)

  1. To cry out in alarm or sorrow.
  2. (of an animal) To cry or shriek.
  3. (of the weather, rare) To howl or roar.
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  • English: bray
  • Middle Scots: bray
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman breier, possibly from Frankish *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną; thus a doublet of breken.

Verb

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brayen (third-person singular simple present brayeth, present participle brayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brayed)

  1. To break up; to crush into pieces.
  2. (rare) To stomp or pound upon.
  3. (rare) To push or budge.
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