brym

See also: Brym

Middle English

Etymology 1

Likely a blend of breme (“powerful”) +‎ grym (“fierce”). Compare brymston.

Alternative forms

• brim, bryme, brymne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brim/

Adjective

brym

1. fierce, cruel, unmerciful
2. harsh, severe, strong
3. (of weather or sea) turbulent, raging

Descendants

• English: brim (obsolete)
• Middle Scots: brim, brym
  • Scots: brim (obsolete)

References

• “brim, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “brim, brym, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Adverb

brym

1. (rare) fiercely, harshly, powerfully

Descendants

• English: brim (obsolete)

References

• “brim, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English brim, from Proto-West Germanic *brim, from Proto-Germanic *brimą.

Alternative forms

• brim, bryme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brim/

Noun

brym (chiefly Northern and poetic)

1. A waterbody (such as a ocean, pool or river)

Descendants

• English: brim (obsolete)

References

• “brim, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “(brim,) brym, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Etymology 3

Noun

brym

1. alternative form of brymme