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† ˈbrisel, brisil, bresil Obs.
[ME. brusell(ü), brysl, brysell, bresil, on OE. type *brýsol, f. brýsan to crush, break.]
Brittle, fragile.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8568–71 Þoghe þat hys flesshe be brysl and brym. c1325Metr. Hom. 120 Brukel [Camb. MS. brusell] blod and bane. Ibid. 154 For fleys es brokel [Camb. MS. brysell] als wax, and neys. a1340Hampole Psalter ii. 11 The pote of laire is bresil and soen will breke. Ibid. ciii. 30 That thai ere dust and erth: that is, brisil and erthly. 1483Cath. Angl. 44 Brysille, fragilis. 1802J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. (Jam.) Brissal, brittle. |