Obs. Also 3 braþþe (Orm.), 4 (? braith), brath(e. [Ormin’s braþþe appears to imply a formation from braþ, BRATH a. + -TH (:—OE. -þo) as in length, wrath:—OE. wrǽþ-þo).] Impetuosity, violence, wrath, ire.
c. 1200. Ormin, 1233. & dafftelike leden þe, wiþþutenn bracc and braþþe. Ibid., 4707. Clene of braþþe.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 916. In þe brath of his breth þat brennez alle þinkez.
c. 1375. ? Barbour, St. Christina, 275. Al þai bestis socht hyme to Ine mykil brath.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 5075. Priam … Bade hom blynn of hor brathe.
