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▪ I. † ˈbremely, a. Obs. [f. breme a. + -ly1.] Fierce, furious.
c1300Cursor M. 24847 (Edinb.) Þaim blew on mani bremli blast. a1500Songs & Carols 15th C. (1847) 26 (Mätz.) That brymly best so cruell and unryd, Ther tamyd I hym. ▪ II. † ˈbremely, adv. Obs. Also 3–5 bremly, 6 brimly: see breme a. [f. breme a. + -ly2.] 1. Fiercely, angrily; hence, in more general senses, as hotly, vehemently, strenuously, strongly.
a1300Cursor M. 7606 For þis word was saul wrath, For oft sith was he bremli brath. c1350Will. Palerne 948 Wel y vnderstande whider þe belaunce bremliest bouwes. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 3163 The lioun bremely on tham blist. 1513Douglas æneis xii. xii. 215 As he brymly thus inforcis fast To draw the speyr. c1525Skelton Replyc. 221 Bremely with your bristels Ye cobble and ye clout Holy Scripture so about. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xliii. (1612) 207 On these doo vulgar Eares and Eyes so brimly waite and gaze. 2. Loudly, distinctly, shrilly.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 569 Bryddez busken to bylde, & bremlych syngen. c1350Will. Palerne 23 And briddes ful bremely on þe bowes singe. a1400Morte Arth. 4108 Bremly the brethemen bragges in troumppes. 3. Brightly; clearly; evidently, distinctly.
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 618 The Lord will not..reueale himself and his glorie any whit more fully and brimly. 1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 62 My mother, the Godesse..most brimlye dyd offer Her self to visadge. Ibid. iii. 75 At thee wyndoors..moonshyne brimlye dyd enter. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. (Arb.) 311 A man sees better and discernes more brimly his collours. |