† briken.

Forms: late Middle English brekke, late Middle English brek, late Middle English brike, late Middle English bryke.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French brique, briche.

Etymology: < Middle French brique, variant of briche trap (Old French briche), of uncertain origin.Apparently sometimes conflated with brigue n. (compare brigue n. 2 and the discussion at that entry). Compare also French embriquer , embriguer to entangle (see embryge v. and the discussion at that entry).

Obsolete.

A difficulty, a dilemma; a trap. Cf. brigue n. 2.Several dictionaries from the 17th cent. include the word as used in Chaucer (see quot. c1405), interpreting it as meaning ‘a straight, a narrow’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits

needfulnessc1350

kankedortc1374

pressc1375

needfultya1382

briguec1400

brikec1400

plightc1400

taking?c1425

partyc1440

distrait1477

brakea1529

hot water1537

strait1544

extremes1547

pickle1562

praemunire1595

lock1598

angustiae1653

difficulty1667

scrape1709

premune1758

hole1760

Queer Street1811

warm water1813

strift1815

fix1816

plisky1818

snapper1818

amplush1827

false position1830

bind1851

jackpot1887

tight1896

squeeze1905

jam1914

c1400 J. Wyclif On the Seven Deadly Sins (Douce 273) in Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 128 [a1400 Bodl. 647 If a man falle in] bryke [for worldly richesses].

c1405 (?c1375–90) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 696 Genylon Olyuer..Broghte this worthy kyng in swich a brike [c1410 Harl. 7334 bryk, c1415 Corpus Oxf. brekke, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 bryke].

a1500 ( Poems from Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) in F. J. Furnivall Wks. T. Hoccleve: Regement Princes (1897) p. liii (MED) I that am in this brike perilous, That..Haue I no bred.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brike
释义	† briken. Forms: late Middle English brekke, late Middle English brek, late Middle English brike, late Middle English bryke. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French brique, briche. Etymology: < Middle French brique, variant of briche trap (Old French briche), of uncertain origin.Apparently sometimes conflated with brigue n. (compare brigue n. 2 and the discussion at that entry). Compare also French embriquer , embriguer to entangle (see embryge v. and the discussion at that entry). Obsolete. A difficulty, a dilemma; a trap. Cf. brigue n. 2.Several dictionaries from the 17th cent. include the word as used in Chaucer (see quot. c1405), interpreting it as meaning ‘a straight, a narrow’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits needfulnessc1350 kankedortc1374 pressc1375 needfultya1382 briguec1400 brikec1400 plightc1400 taking?c1425 partyc1440 distrait1477 brakea1529 hot water1537 strait1544 extremes1547 pickle1562 praemunire1595 lock1598 angustiae1653 difficulty1667 scrape1709 premune1758 hole1760 Queer Street1811 warm water1813 strift1815 fix1816 plisky1818 snapper1818 amplush1827 false position1830 bind1851 jackpot1887 tight1896 squeeze1905 jam1914 c1400 J. Wyclif On the Seven Deadly Sins (Douce 273) in Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 128 [a1400 Bodl. 647 If a man falle in] bryke [for worldly richesses]. c1405 (?c1375–90) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 696 Genylon Olyuer..Broghte this worthy kyng in swich a brike [c1410 Harl. 7334 bryk, c1415 Corpus Oxf. brekke, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 bryke]. a1500 ( Poems from Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) in F. J. Furnivall Wks. T. Hoccleve: Regement Princes (1897) p. liii (MED) I that am in this brike perilous, That..Haue I no bred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400
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