释义 |
▪ I. brist ME. variant of brest, ‘defect, want’.
a1300Cursor M. 6344 Wit-vten ani brek or brist. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 6205 Loverd when saw we þe haf hunger or thirst Or of any herber haf grete brist. c1450Erle of Tolous 833 Hys wyfe had seche a bryste. ▪ II. brist obs. f. breast n., burst. |