† bremelyadj.
Obsolete.
Fierce, furious.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective]
retheeOE
hotOE
strongOE
woodlyc1000
un-i-rideOE
stoura1122
brathc1175
unridec1175
unrudec1225
starklyc1275
toughc1275
wood1297
ragec1330
unrekena1350
biga1375
furialc1386
outrageousc1390
savagea1393
violenta1393
bremelya1400
snarta1400
wrothlya1400
fightingc1400
runishc1400
dour?a1425
derfc1440
churlousa1450
roida1450
fervent1465
churlish1477
orgulous1483
felona1500
brathfula1522
brathlya1525
fanatic1533
furious1535
boisterous1544
blusterous1548
ungentle1551
sore1563
full-mouthed1594
savage wild1595
Herculean1602
shrill1608
robustious1612
efferous1614
thundering1618
churly1620
ferocient1655
turbulent1656
efferate1684
knock-me-down1760
haggard-wild1786
ensanguined1806
rammish1807
fulminatory1820
riproarious1830
natural1832
survigrous1835
sabre-toothed1849
cataclysmal1861
thunderous1874
fierce1912
cataractal1926
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]
grimlyc893
retheeOE
grim971
bitterOE
bremec1175
grillc1175
grimfula1240
cruel1297
sturdy1297
fiercea1300
fellc1300
boistousa1387
felonousc1386
savagea1393
bestiala1398
bremelya1400
felona1400
hetera1400
cursedc1400
wicked14..
vengeablec1430
wolvishc1430
unnatural?1473
inhuman1481
brutisha1513
cruent1524
felonish1530
mannish1530
abominate1531
lionish1549
boarish?1550
truculent?c1550
unhumanc1550
lion-like1556
beastly1558
orped1567
raw?1573
tigerish?1573
unmanlike1579
boisterous1581
savaged1583
tiger-like1587
yond1590
truculental1593
savage wild1595
tigerous1597
inhumane1598
Neronian1598
immane1599
Phalarical1602
ungentle1603
feral1604
savagious1605
fierceful1607
Dionysian1608
wolvy1611
Hunnish1625
lionly1631
tigerly1633
savage-hearted1639
brutal1641
feroce1641
ferocious1646
asperous1650
ferousa1652
wolfish1674
tiger1763
savage-fierce1770
Tartar1809
Tartarly1821
Neroic1851
tigery1859
Neronic1864
unmannish1867
inhumanitarian1947
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > fiercely or furiously violent
bremec1175
wooda1250
furiousc1374
rabious1460
rageous1486
furibund1490
bremelya1500
orped1567
yond1590
rabid1594
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 24847 Þaim blew on mani bremli [Gött. vnrekind, Fairf. 14 vgli, Vesp. brem] blast.
a1500 Songs & Carols 15th C. (1847) 26 (Mätz.) That brymly best so cruell and unryd, Ther tamyd I hym.
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† bremelyadv.
Obsolete.
1. Fiercely, angrily; hence, in more general senses, as hotly, vehemently, strenuously, strongly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb]
strongeOE
hotOE
unsoftOE
snellya1000
stitha1000
stronglyOE
woodlyc1000
hatelyOE
unridelyc1175
wood1297
mainlyc1300
dreec1330
spackly?c1335
brothelyc1340
bremelya1375
fiercelya1375
violentlya1387
throlyc1390
roughlya1400
snarplya1400
unrekenlya1400
dreichlyc1400
ranklyc1400
witherlyc1400
maliciouslya1450
fervently1480
roidlyc1480
thrafully1535
vehement?1541
toughly1589
sickerly1596
vengeously1599
virulently1599
rageously1600
ragefullya1631
churlishly1657
improbously1657
rampantly1698
fierce1771
savagerous1832
fulgurantly1873
franticly1883
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adverb]
woodlyc1000
wood1297
eagerlyc1300
rowc1325
bremelya1375
grindellyc1400
raselya1450
furiously1555
storminglya1600
bouncing mad1834
ragingly1840
stormily1860
ragefully1865
infuriately1879
lividly1890
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 948 Wel y vnderstande whider þe belaunce bremliest bouwes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7606 For þis word was saul wrath, For oft sith was he bremli brath.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3163 The lioun bremely on tham blist.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. xii. 215 As he brymly thus inforcis fast To draw the speir.
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Avi Bremely with your bristels Ye cobble and ye clout Holy scripture so about.
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xliii. 187 On these doo vulgar Eares and Eyes so brimlie waite and gaze.
2. Loudly, distinctly, shrilly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [adverb] > clear
brightOE
bremelya1375
clearly1382
plainish1833
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adverb]
shilla1250
keenlyc1275
shirla1300
bremelya1375
sharp1377
shillya1400
shirlly1470
shrilly1582
whit1833
squeal1849
reedily1910
bleatingly1934
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 23 Briddes ful bremely on þe bowes singe.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 4108 Bremly the brethemen bragges in troumppes.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 509 Bryddeȝ busken to bylde, & bremlych syngen.
3. Brightly; clearly; evidently, distinctly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > clearly visible > sharply or distinctly
brightlyOE
clearlyc1300
fairc1390
vively1537
bremely1577
in focus1785
sharply1817
trenchantly1873
eidetically1929
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ddd.j/2 The Lorde will not..reueale himselfe and his glory any whit more fully and brimly.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 38 My moother, the Godesse..most brimlye dyd offer Her self to visadge.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 49 At thee wyndoors..moonshyne brimlye dyd enter.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 256 A man sees better and discernes more brimly his collours.
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