Obs. Also berth. [a. ON. bræði anger, ire, haste, f. bráðr hasty, sudden: see BRATHE.] Ire, fury, rage.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 7624. In breth he wald him thoru ber. Ibid., 18222. Als þof he brath had bene in breth.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 5. Shrift is levynge of sinne, þat turneþ þi breeþ fro me.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VII. ix. 378. Thai slew, and heryid in thare berth.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. 197. Whils I am in this brethe, Let me put hym to dethe.
