Obs. [ME. brāþ:—earlier brāþ (north Eng. brāth: see BRATH):—ON. bráð-r hasty, rash, passionate.] Impetuous, violent, passionate, wrathful; also quasi-sb.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 7172. Þat he be grimme … & braþ.

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c. 1325.  E. E. Allit. P., B. 149. Þat oþer burne watz abayst of his broþe wordez.

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c. 1340.  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2233. He … orpedly strydez, Bremly broþe on a bent.

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c. 1420.  Avow. Arth., xvi. Thus bidus that brothe.

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