† ˈbremeness Obs.
In 4–5 bremnes, 6 breem-.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Fierceness, fury.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 4665 Then the se wex sober, sesit the wyndis..The bremnes abatid; blusshit the sun. Ibid. 10104 Pollexena, with hir pure loue,..Abated the bremnes in his bale yre. 1540 R. Hyrde Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) X. iv, Quietnes is of more authoritie than hastie breemnes. |