bricun

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Old French

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Noun

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bricun oblique singularm (oblique plural bricun, nominative singular bris, nominative plural bricun)

  1. (early in France, Anglo-Norman) madman
    • 11th century, Chanson de Roland, 221-222 :
      E dist al Rei : « Ja mar crerez bricun, / Ne mei ne altre, se de vostre prod nun. [...] »
      (Ganelon speaks to Charlemaigne) And he said to the king, "You should never believe a madman: [believe] neither me nor anyone else, unless it is of your advantage. [...]"

Adjective

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bricun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brice)

  1. (early in France, Anglo-Norman) mad; insane

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