bretun1 (c.1136-37)

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bretun1 (c.1136-37)

[ FEW: 1,539a brittus; Gdf: 1,729c breton 2; GdfC: 8,372b breton; TL: 1,1138 breton; DEAF:  bret (breton); DMF:  breton; TLF:  breton; OED:  Breton n. and a.; MED:  Britoun n. and a.; DMLBS: 218a Britannus ]
breton,  bretoun;  briton,  britton,  britun;  bruton,  bretagne  

a.

1demonymBriton, of the Brittonic Celts
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Somum les liveres as Waleis K’il aveient des bretons reis  6446
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Un lai bretun li frai od m’espee de asier  (O) 5161a
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1166 )  Ralph Bretun  Breton
( 1377 )  Williem Breton  Breton
( 1465 )  John Breton  Breton

s.

1demonymBriton, Celt (originally from Brittany) inhabiting Brittain
( 1139-50; MS: s.xiiex ) destruit est tut le pais, Premierement par les Seisuns, Puis par la guere des Bretuns  204
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Si unt tut pris Amoricon, Le regne que ore tenent Breton  3968
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1333 )  Cele gent la terre tindrent Desques les Brutons vindrent  (L) 480
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Aprés ceo qe Dieux avoit abatue la nobleie des Bretons qe plus userent force qe droit, livera il le reaume as plus humbles e simples de tuz pais joygnauntz, c'est assaver a Saxnes, qe le vindrent conquere des parties d'Alemayne  6
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  britonis: (T) gallice bretun(var. (A: xiii2) bretagne)  ii 21
2 lang. Brittonic, Celtic language of the Britons
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Haym saveit bien bretun parler  4947
3 name (used as a surname)
( 1164-66 )  Geoffrey le Briton  Breton
( 1248 )  William le Bruton  Breton
Bret#1  Bretagne  bretance 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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