Medieval Cookery - Middle-English Word of the Day

Middle-English Word of the Day - March 14, 2008

Bremely (adv.) - fiercely, furiously, loudly.

Bothe groundez and the greuez grene ar her wedez,
Bryddez busken to bylde, and bremlych syngen
For solace of the softe somer that sues therafter bi bonk;

- Anonymous: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400)

Pronunciation: /brEmli/

Key
/b/ b in boy
/r/ r in red
/E/ e in met
/m/ m in make
/l/ l in lily
/i/ i in machine

The Middle-English Word of the Day is selected from Mayhew and Skeat's
"Concise Dictionary of Middle English."
As found on Greg Lindahl's website
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/concise/concise.html

The example text was found at the Middle English Collection of the University of Virginia Library.
http://etext.virginia.edu/collections/languages/english/mideng.browse.html

The approximate pronunciation is determined using Carol Hamill's Middle English Pronunciation Guide
and noted using upon the ASCII-IPA Standard
http://www.island.net/~hamill/medieval/mepronunc.html
http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/

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