brotelness
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Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]brotelness
- brittleness
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1279-1280:
- [...] On brotel ground they builde, and brotelnesse
They finde, whan they wene sikernesse.- [...] On brittle ground they build, and insecurity
They find when they expect security.
- [...] On brittle ground they build, and insecurity
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1279-1280: