brotel
Middle English
Adjective
brotel
- Brittle.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1279-1280:
- [...] On brotel ground they builde, and brotelnesse / They finde, whan they wene sikernesse.
- [...] On brittle ground they build, and insecurity / They find when they expect security.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1279-1280:
References
- “brotel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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