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† braythe, breythe, v. Obs. rare.
Also 6 brathe, breat.
[perh. a. ON. bregða to move swiftly, start: etymologically identical with OE. bræᵹdan braid v.1]
intr. To rush or ‘fly’ up.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1421 Wyne..warmed his hert & breyþed vppe in to his brayn. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 5 a, When the same is inflamed and breateth up into the heade. Ibid. 5 b, Hote bloode, that lyeth in the harte, and bratheth vp into the braynes. Ibid. 7 Undigested vapor, braythynge vp, and troubling the braynes. |