brittenv.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪtn/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪtn/,

/ˈbrɪdn/

Forms:

α. Old English britnian, Old English brynodan (plural past indicative, transmission error), Old English brytnian, Middle English breten, Middle English bretin, Middle English bretn- (inflected form), Middle English bretten, Middle English bretton, Middle English brettyn, Middle English bretyn, Middle English briten, Middle English britn- (inflected form), Middle English brittene, Middle English brittn- (inflected form), Middle English britton (in a late copy), Middle English brittun, Middle English brittyn, Middle English brityn, Middle English bruten, Middle English brutn- (inflected form), Middle English bruttene, Middle English bryton (in a late copy), Middle English brytten, Middle English bryttyn, Middle English brytyn, Middle English (1600s– English regional (northern)) britten, 1800s– britt'n (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 bretyn, pre-1700 brittyn, pre-1700 britynnit (past tense), pre-1700 brytn- (inflected form), pre-1700 bryttin.

β. late Middle English birten, late Middle English byrten, late Middle English byrttyn; Scottish pre-1700 barnit (past tense, transmission error), pre-1700 bartyn, pre-1700 bertn- (inflected form), pre-1700 bertyn.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: < the Germanic base of brit v.¹ + the Germanic base of -en suffix⁵. Compare Old Icelandic brotna to burst, break. Compare also Old English brytta someone who dispenses (gifts), lord, prince, Old Icelandic bryti steward (both n -stems). With the sense development compare brit v.¹ Compare brittle adj.In Old English the prefixed form gebrytnian to distribute, apportion (compare y- prefix) is also attested.

Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use).

†1. transitive. To deal out, apportion; to distribute, dispense. Obsolete.Only in Old English.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)]

britteneOE

to-dealeOE

dealOE

britOE

setc1275

dispensec1374

dispendc1375

to-seta1387

dispone1429

disposec1430

sparple1435

demean1439

distributea1464

distribue1477

issuec1484

communy1530

to deal out1535

impart1545

disperse1555

retail1576

digest1578

deliver1626

to hand out1648

to dispose of1676

dispensate1701

dole1701

to give out1710

sling1860

to give away1889

to pass out1926

dish1934

eOE (Kentish) Charter: Oswulf & Beornðryð to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1188) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 2 Ond ðas forecuędenan suęsenda all agefe mon ðęm reogolwarde & he brytnię swæ higum maest red sie.

OE Beowulf 2383 Hæfdon hy forhealden..þone selestan sæcyninga þara ðe..in Swiorice sinc brytnade.

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 137 Dispertiens, brytniende.

†2. transitive. To divide. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)]

to-shedc888

to-dealeOE

dealc950

twemea1023

to-doOE

to-shiftc1122

brittenc1175

sunderc1230

depart1297

parta1300

twain15..

dividec1380

minisha1382

dressc1410

dissever1417

sever1435

quarterc1440

distinct1526

videc1540

disperse1548

several1570

separate1581

dirempt1587

distinguish1609

piecemeal1611

discrete1624

dispart1629

slit1645

parcel1652

canton1653

tripartite1653

split1707

carve1711

scind1869

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14178 Þiss werelld..iss dæledd. & brittnedd inn till daless þre.

†3.

a. transitive. To cut into pieces; to kill, slay, butcher. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]

swevec725

quelmeOE

slayc893

quelleOE

of-falleOE

ofslayeOE

aquellc950

ayeteeOE

spillc950

beliveOE

to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE

fordoa1000

forfarea1000

asweveOE

drepeOE

forleseOE

martyrOE

to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE

bringc1175

off-quellc1175

quenchc1175

forswelta1225

adeadc1225

to bring of daysc1225

to do to deathc1225

to draw (a person) to deathc1225

murder?c1225

aslayc1275

forferec1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

martyrc1300

strangle1303

destroya1325

misdoa1325

killc1330

tailc1330

to take the life of (also fro)c1330

enda1340

to kill to (into, unto) death1362

brittena1375

deadc1374

to ding to deathc1380

mortifya1382

perisha1387

to dight to death1393

colea1400

fella1400

kill out (away, down, up)a1400

to slay up or downa1400

swelta1400

voida1400

deliverc1400

starvec1425

jugylc1440

morta1450

to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480

to put offc1485

to-slaya1500

to make away with1502

to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503

rida1513

to put downa1525

to hang out of the way1528

dispatch?1529

strikea1535

occidea1538

to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540

to fling to deathc1540

extinct1548

to make out of the way1551

to fet offa1556

to cut offc1565

to make away?1566

occise1575

spoil1578

senda1586

to put away1588

exanimate1593

unmortalize1593

speed1594

unlive1594

execute1597

dislive1598

extinguish1598

to lay along1599

to make hence1605

conclude1606

kill off1607

disanimate1609

feeze1609

to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611

to kill dead1615

transporta1616

spatch1616

to take off1619

mactate1623

to make meat of1632

to turn up1642

inanimate1647

pop1649

enecate1657

cadaverate1658

expedite1678

to make dog's meat of1679

to make mincemeat of1709

sluice1749

finisha1753

royna1770

still1778

do1780

deaden1807

deathifyc1810

to lay out1829

cool1833

to use up1833

puckeroo1840

to rub out1840

cadaverize1841

to put under the sod1847

suicide1852

outkill1860

to fix1875

to put under1879

corpse1884

stiffen1888

tip1891

to do away with1899

to take out1900

stretch1902

red-light1906

huff1919

to knock rotten1919

skittle1919

liquidate1924

clip1927

to set over1931

creasea1935

ice1941

lose1942

to put to sleep1942

zap1942

to take down1967

wax1968

trash1973

ace1975

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1073 Þe douȝti duk..bet a-doun burwes, & brutned moche peple.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8720 God it wit-schild Þat þou [sc. Solomon] britten [1400 Fairf. briten, a1400 Gött. brettyn] sua mi child. Yee giue him all til hir allan!

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 106 He sall..Bryne Bretayn þe brade, and bryttyn thy knyghtys.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 400 Sothroun men that bertynit war to dede.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 183 Cruell Pyrrus, Quhilk brytnys the son befor the faderis face.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1971 Drawen as a dog & to dethe broght: Brittonet þi body into bare qwarters.

b. transitive. Hunting. To cut up (a boar or deer). Cf. brittle v.¹ Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > cut up deer

brittlea1300

attirec1330

breakc1330

brittenc1400

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > cut up pig or boar

brittenc1400

sidea1450

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1339 Siþen britned þay þe brest and brayden hit in twynne.

c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 490 To bryttyn [c1450 Calig. byrten] þe bare þay went full tite; Þar wolde no knyves in hym bytte, So hard of hyde was he.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 261 Sethun brittuns he þe best As venesun in forest.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 431 Tha bar [t] nit thame lyke ony bludie deir.

c. transitive. English regional (northern). To cut (meat) into pieces. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > dress in specific way

hash1615

to farce together1650

fricassee1657

collarc1670

britten1688

roll1702

ragout1710

French1747

turtlea1756

fricandeau1769

haricot1769

surprise1769

1688 Dictionariolum Islandicum in R. Jonsson Recentissima Antiquissimæ Linguæ Septentrionalis Incunabula 101/1 Brioota, frangere... A. Bor. To britten beef, i.e. to break the bones of beef.

†4. transitive. To demolish, destroy; to smash, shatter. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]

to bring to noughteOE

forspillc893

fordilghec900

to bring to naughtOE

astryea1200

stroyc1200

forferec1275

misdoa1325

destroyc1330

naught1340

dingc1380

beshenda1400

devoida1400

unshapea1400

to wend downa1400

brittenc1400

unloukc1400

perishc1426

defeat1435

unmake1439

lithc1450

spend1481

kill1530

to shend ofc1540

quade1565

to make away1566

discreate1570

wrake1570

wracka1586

unwork1587

gaster1609

defease1621

unbe1624

uncreate1633

destructa1638

naufragate1648

stifle1725

stramash1788

disannul1794

destructify1841

locust1868

to knock out1944

dick1972

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst

to-breakc888

briteOE

to-shenec950

abreakOE

forgnidea1000

to-brytc1000

to-burstc1000

to-driveOE

shiverc1200

to-shiverc1200

to-reavec1225

shiverc1250

debruise1297

to-crack13..

to-frushc1300

to-sliftc1315

chinec1330

littlec1350

dingc1380

bruisea1382

burst1382

rushc1390

shinderc1390

spald?a1400

brittenc1400

pashc1400

forbruise1413

to break, etc. into sherds1426

shattera1450

truncheon1477

scarboyle1502

shonk1508

to-shattera1513

rash1513

shidera1529

grind1535

infringe1543

dishiver1562

rupture1578

splinter1582

tear1582

disshiver1596

upburst1596

to burst up1601

diminish1607

confract1609

to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612

dishatter1615

vanquashc1626

beshiver1647

disfrange1778

smash1778

explode1784

bust1806

spell1811

smithereen1878

shard1900

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin

spillc950

fellOE

to cast downc1230

destroy1297

to turn up?c1335

to throw down1340

to ding downc1380

to break downa1382

subverta1382

underturn1382

to take downc1384

falla1400

to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400

voida1400

brittenc1400

to burst downc1440

to pull downc1450

pluck1481

tumble1487

wreck1510

defacea1513

confound1523

raze1523

arase1530

to beat downc1540

ruinate1548

demolish1560

plane1562

to shovel down1563

race?1567

ruin1585

rape1597

unwall1598

to bluster down16..

raise1603

level1614

debolish1615

unbuilda1616

to make smooth work of1616

slight1640

to knock down1776

squabash1822

collapse1883

to turn over1897

mash1924

rubble1945

to take apart1978

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2 Siþen þe sege..watz sesed at Troye, Þe borȝ brittened & brent to brondez & askez.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1487 (MED) With brandes of broun stele þey brettened maylez.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 292 (MED) Þus schall I brittyn all youre bones on brede.

a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) l. 2256 (MED) Oure burgh ayayn to be beld þat brytynd is to noght.

5. transitive. English regional (north-western). To beat, thrash. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1897 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 406/2 [Westmorland] Ah'll britt'n thee thi jacket, thoo gurt slenk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	britten
释义	brittenv. Brit. /ˈbrɪtn/, U.S. /ˈbrɪtn/, /ˈbrɪdn/ Forms: α. Old English britnian, Old English brynodan (plural past indicative, transmission error), Old English brytnian, Middle English breten, Middle English bretin, Middle English bretn- (inflected form), Middle English bretten, Middle English bretton, Middle English brettyn, Middle English bretyn, Middle English briten, Middle English britn- (inflected form), Middle English brittene, Middle English brittn- (inflected form), Middle English britton (in a late copy), Middle English brittun, Middle English brittyn, Middle English brityn, Middle English bruten, Middle English brutn- (inflected form), Middle English bruttene, Middle English bryton (in a late copy), Middle English brytten, Middle English bryttyn, Middle English brytyn, Middle English (1600s– English regional (northern)) britten, 1800s– britt'n (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 bretyn, pre-1700 brittyn, pre-1700 britynnit (past tense), pre-1700 brytn- (inflected form), pre-1700 bryttin. β. late Middle English birten, late Middle English byrten, late Middle English byrttyn; Scottish pre-1700 barnit (past tense, transmission error), pre-1700 bartyn, pre-1700 bertn- (inflected form), pre-1700 bertyn. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: < the Germanic base of brit v.¹ + the Germanic base of -en suffix⁵. Compare Old Icelandic brotna to burst, break. Compare also Old English brytta someone who dispenses (gifts), lord, prince, Old Icelandic bryti steward (both n -stems). With the sense development compare brit v.¹ Compare brittle adj.In Old English the prefixed form gebrytnian to distribute, apportion (compare y- prefix) is also attested. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use). †1. transitive. To deal out, apportion; to distribute, dispense. Obsolete.Only in Old English. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] britteneOE to-dealeOE dealOE britOE setc1275 dispensec1374 dispendc1375 to-seta1387 dispone1429 disposec1430 sparple1435 demean1439 distributea1464 distribue1477 issuec1484 communy1530 to deal out1535 impart1545 disperse1555 retail1576 digest1578 deliver1626 to hand out1648 to dispose of1676 dispensate1701 dole1701 to give out1710 sling1860 to give away1889 to pass out1926 dish1934 eOE (Kentish) Charter: Oswulf & Beornðryð to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1188) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 2 Ond ðas forecuędenan suęsenda all agefe mon ðęm reogolwarde & he brytnię swæ higum maest red sie. OE Beowulf 2383 Hæfdon hy forhealden..þone selestan sæcyninga þara ðe..in Swiorice sinc brytnade. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 137 Dispertiens, brytniende. †2. transitive. To divide. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 to-dealeOE dealc950 twemea1023 to-doOE to-shiftc1122 brittenc1175 sunderc1230 depart1297 parta1300 twain15.. dividec1380 minisha1382 dressc1410 dissever1417 sever1435 quarterc1440 distinct1526 videc1540 disperse1548 several1570 separate1581 dirempt1587 distinguish1609 piecemeal1611 discrete1624 dispart1629 slit1645 parcel1652 canton1653 tripartite1653 split1707 carve1711 scind1869 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14178 Þiss werelld..iss dæledd. & brittnedd inn till daless þre. †3. a. transitive. To cut into pieces; to kill, slay, butcher. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1073 Þe douȝti duk..bet a-doun burwes, & brutned moche peple. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8720 God it wit-schild Þat þou [sc. Solomon] britten [1400 Fairf. briten, a1400 Gött. brettyn] sua mi child. Yee giue him all til hir allan! c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 106 He sall..Bryne Bretayn þe brade, and bryttyn thy knyghtys. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 400 Sothroun men that bertynit war to dede. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 183 Cruell Pyrrus, Quhilk brytnys the son befor the faderis face. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1971 Drawen as a dog & to dethe broght: Brittonet þi body into bare qwarters. b. transitive. Hunting. To cut up (a boar or deer). Cf. brittle v.¹ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > cut up deer brittlea1300 attirec1330 breakc1330 brittenc1400 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > cut up pig or boar brittenc1400 sidea1450 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1339 Siþen britned þay þe brest and brayden hit in twynne. c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 490 To bryttyn [c1450 Calig. byrten] þe bare þay went full tite; Þar wolde no knyves in hym bytte, So hard of hyde was he. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 261 Sethun brittuns he þe best As venesun in forest. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 431 Tha bar [t] nit thame lyke ony bludie deir. c. transitive. English regional (northern). To cut (meat) into pieces. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > dress in specific way hash1615 to farce together1650 fricassee1657 collarc1670 britten1688 roll1702 ragout1710 French1747 turtlea1756 fricandeau1769 haricot1769 surprise1769 1688 Dictionariolum Islandicum in R. Jonsson Recentissima Antiquissimæ Linguæ Septentrionalis Incunabula 101/1 Brioota, frangere... A. Bor. To britten beef, i.e. to break the bones of beef. †4. transitive. To demolish, destroy; to smash, shatter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst to-breakc888 briteOE to-shenec950 abreakOE forgnidea1000 to-brytc1000 to-burstc1000 to-driveOE shiverc1200 to-shiverc1200 to-reavec1225 shiverc1250 debruise1297 to-crack13.. to-frushc1300 to-sliftc1315 chinec1330 littlec1350 dingc1380 bruisea1382 burst1382 rushc1390 shinderc1390 spald?a1400 brittenc1400 pashc1400 forbruise1413 to break, etc. into sherds1426 shattera1450 truncheon1477 scarboyle1502 shonk1508 to-shattera1513 rash1513 shidera1529 grind1535 infringe1543 dishiver1562 rupture1578 splinter1582 tear1582 disshiver1596 upburst1596 to burst up1601 diminish1607 confract1609 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 dishatter1615 vanquashc1626 beshiver1647 disfrange1778 smash1778 explode1784 bust1806 spell1811 smithereen1878 shard1900 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2 Siþen þe sege..watz sesed at Troye, Þe borȝ brittened & brent to brondez & askez. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1487 (MED) With brandes of broun stele þey brettened maylez. a1450 York Plays (1885) 292 (MED) Þus schall I brittyn all youre bones on brede. a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) l. 2256 (MED) Oure burgh ayayn to be beld þat brytynd is to noght. 5. transitive. English regional (north-western). To beat, thrash. Now rare. ΚΠ 1897 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 406/2 [Westmorland] Ah'll britt'n thee thi jacket, thoo gurt slenk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.eOE
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