† bricounn.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman bricoun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French bricon, bricun fool, rogue (12th cent.), related to Italian briccone rogue (13th cent.), and further to Old French bric (12th cent.), Old Occitan bric, both in sense ‘fool’, although the nature of the relationships and the further etymology are uncertain.A borrowing < a Germanic language is often posited, but all suggested etymons pose phonological problems. Perhaps compare the Langobardic personal name Bricco (10th cent.), only attested in Latin contexts, and itself of uncertain origin. Possible later example. Compare the following later Middle English passage, which probably shows a scribal error for this word:a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 10337 Thou schalt not fynde me soche a brayton [Fr. brikun], Harnes to take þe into þy bandone.