Breme (?), a. [OE. breme, brime, fierce, impetuous, glorious, AS. br�xc7;me, brme, famous. Cf. Brim, a.]
1.
Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air.
Drayton.
2.
Famous; renowned; well known.
Wright.
[Written also brim and brimme.]
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