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brame¹
- /bɹeɪm/
Where it comes from
From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme.
noun
- Intense passion or emotion; vexation. […] hart-burning brame She ſhortly like a pyned ghoſt became.
Brame²
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream.
* As a French surname, of Occitan origin, from Old French brame (“cry, howl”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *brammjan (“to roar”).
proper noun Brames
- A surname.
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