† breern.
Obsolete except in Scottish or north dialect.
A sprout, shoot; in modern Scottish ‘the first appearance of grain above ground, after it is sown’ (Jamieson).
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]
sproteeOE
wiseOE
spronkOE
wrideOE
brodc1175
wanda1300
breerc1320
scion?c1335
spraya1387
spriga1398
springa1400
sprouta1400
spiringc1400
shoota1450
youngling1559
forth-growing1562
spirk1565
sprouting1578
surcle1578
chive1583
chit1601
spurt1601
sprit1622
germen1628
spurge1630
spirt1634
brairding1637
springet1640
set1658
shrubble1674
underling1688
sobolesa1722
branchlet1731
springlet1749
sproutling1749
sprang1847
shootlet1889
c1320 Cast. Love 123 Blosme on bouȝ and breer on rys.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A fine breer, an abundant germination.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
† breerv.
Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.
intransitive. To sprout, germinate; = braird v.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth
spriteOE
wrideOE
brodc1175
comea1225
spirec1325
chicka1400
sprouta1400
germin?1440
germ1483
chip?a1500
spurgea1500
to put forth1530
shootc1560
spear1570
stock1574
chit1601
breward1609
pullulate1618
ysproutc1620
egerminate1623
put1623
germinate1626
sprent1647
fruticate1657
stalk1666
tiller1677
breerc1700
fork1707
to put out1731
stool1770
sucker1802
stir1843
push1855
braird1865
fibre1869
flush1877
c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 To brere..as corn just coming up.
1830 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 345 A braw night this for the rye..the west park will be breering bravely this e'en.
1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Brere, Brear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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