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ANALOGIES DES LANGUES 



Brief, v. angl.. flam. brief, allem. brief, angl. 



leller, franc. lettre. 



Bear this sealcd fcn'</ willi winged hasle. 



(Shakesp., King Henry 17', p. i, 

 acl. iv, se. 4.) 



Bric. , brigge, écoss., v. angl., flam. brug, brugge, 

 allem. briicke, angl. bridge, franc, pont. 

 Auld brig appear'd of ancient Pictish race. 



(BuRMS ) 



Ther goiu a brook, and over lhat a brigge. 



(Chaucer.) 



Bright, angl. Voy. l cr gloss., v. allem. berclil. 

 Brightness, angl. Voy. 1 er glossaire, angl.-sax. 



berchlnis. 

 Bri.vne (to), v. angl., allem. brennen, flam.ôraw- 



den , angl. to bttrn , franc, brûler. 



Better is to be wedded ihan lo brinne. 



(Chaucer , Cttnt. ta/. ,5634.) 



Broike. Voy. bruik. 



Brouken, v. angl., flam. gebruihen, allem. brau- 

 chen , franc, user de... 



So mole I brouken wel min eyen twey. 



(CuAVCER.) 



Browst, écoss., flam. brouwste, angl. a whole 

 breuing, franc, un brassin , ce qui se brasse en 

 une fois. 



I brew'd no browst for Kettiin like you. 



(Popular Balhds.) 



She never trowed tlie browst she brewed 



Would tasle sae bitterlie. 



(Seoltish Songs.) 



Bruik, v. écoss., allem. brauchen, angl. to enjoy, 

 franc, jouir de... 



... and doe therefore decree and ordaine that they sali be 



repossess'd, and bruik, and enjoy the landis, and 



steedings of the said abbeye. 



{Actcd at Stirling. May IS35, ar- 

 bitral decree.) 



... bis spous sal broike and joyse tbe possession of tbe 



saide land. 



(ActsoftheparliamentofScolland, 

 anno 14>fl.) 



Voy. 1 " gloss., bruken. 

 Bruk, v. écoss. Voy. brouken, flam. gebruiken. 



Gud sonc, be said, this brand tbou sali bruk weill. 



(Blind Ilarry, 1361, reprinted 

 Edimb. 1758.) 



Brukand, v. écoss. Voy. bruik, allem. brauchen; 

 brukand, franc, jouissant. 



. . Persoun, vicar or other persoun brukand beuelicis. . 



(Acts of the pari triment ofScotland, 

 1563. 



Bryer bousche. Voy. bosh. 

 Buffe, v. angl. A Gand, buffel signifie coup, et 

 buffeling, une rossude; angl. a stroke, « knock. 



Oon of the mynystris stondynge nygh ghaf a buffe to 



Jhesus. 



(Wicclif, John., 18, 22.) 



Struck Jésus with tbe palm of bis hand. 

 {Bible anglaise.) 



Dédit alapam Jesu. 



(Vulgale.) 



And thei gh3ven him buffetis. 



( Wicclif, John., 19, 5.; 

 And they smote him with their hands. 



(Bible anglaise.) 

 Et dabant ei alapas. 



(Vulgate.) 



Bugende, angl.-sax., flam. buigende, ttlbuigende, 



allem. beugend, angl. bovring myself, franc. 



en me courbant, étant courbé. Voy. bigdon. 



Thaet ic bis sceona thwanga bugende uncnytte. 

 (Marc, 1, 17.) 



... I am not wortby to stoop down and unloose. . . 

 (Bible anglaise.) 



Bi:rghe, burgiie swyn, v. angl., flam. Kil., barglt, 

 bergh, lat. porcus exsectus sive castratus , 

 angl. barrow hog, franc, coebon châtré. 



And breden as burglie swyn. 



(Vision of Picrcc P/ototHOA. 



Blrh-sittendum, angl.-sax. Not. flam. bttrg, borg, 

 de là borger, franc, ville, bourg, bourgeois, 

 angl. borow, borough, franc, bourgeois, citoyen, 

 et ingezeten, franc, habitant; anum burh-sit- 

 tendum , franc, tin habitant de ville ;Kilisten, 

 ingheseten der stadt, oppidanus, municeps. 



And fnlgode anum burh-sittendum men. 

 ,Lrc, 15, 15.) 



. . to a citizen 



(Bible anglaise.) 



einem biirger. 



(Bible allemande.) 



till en borgare. 



[Bible suédoise.) 



uni ciriiim 



(Tiilgate.) 



Voy. mitsittendun , it. I" gloss.. ingheseten. 



