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† ˈbret-full, a. Obs.
Also 4 bredful, bratful, bretful. Also written divisim, bret full.
[app. a phonetic corruption of brerdfull.]
Full to the brim, brim-full.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 167 Te lichame of iob warð bret⁓ful of wunden. c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 126 Bred ful my braynez. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. Prol. 41 Heor Bagges and heore Balies weren bratful I-crommet. c1386Chaucer Prol. 687 His walet..Bret ful of pardon comen from Rome al hoot. a1500Med. Receipts in Rel. Ant. I. 55 Fill a mykell potte bretfull. 1616Bullokar, Bretfull, top full. |