brayen

== Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbræi̯ən/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French braire (“to cry”), from Vulgar Latin *bragiāre, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to fart”). ==== Alternative forms ==== brai, bray, braye ==== Verb ==== brayen (third-person singular simple present brayeth, present participle brayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brayed) To cry out in alarm or sorrow. (of an animal) To cry or shriek. (of the weather, rare) To howl or roar. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: bray Middle Scots: bray ===== References ===== “braien, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman breier, possibly from Frankish *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną; thus a doublet of breken. ==== Verb ==== brayen (third-person singular simple present brayeth, present participle brayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brayed) To break up; to crush into pieces. (rare) To stomp or pound upon. (rare) To push or budge. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: bray Scots: brie ===== References ===== “braien, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.