Obs. Forms: 4 vmbreyd, 4–5 vmbreide, 5 vm-, vnbreid; 5 vmbrayd(e, vnbraide. [var. of UPBRAID sb.: cf. next.] Upbraiding, reproach.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 3485. Wiþ suche vm reides þey hem missayde. Ibid., 7999. When wraþe bygynneþ, þen comeþ vmbreyd.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 1800 (Dubl. MS.). Lett neuer it be broght on brade for vmbrayd of shame, Yhe dout for þe dityng of darius pistell.
a. 1425. Cursor M., 5673 (Trin.). Moises for þis vmbreide Was dredinge in his herte.
1470. Harding, Chron., CLIV. iv. He … letters sent hym, defyals and vmbrayde, Of hys suraunce and othe that he had erred.
