brike

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English brice, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki.

Noun

brike (plural brikes)

  1. A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

References
  • brike in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Walloon

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bricke and Middle Dutch brike, related to breken (“to break”). Cognate with French brique.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʀik/

Noun

brike

  1. brick
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