-
parallelism establishing bill and
suert as
synonyms (v. 53f.
suertu hauwan,
bretun mit sinu
billiu "[he shall] hew [at me] with [his] sword, lay [me] low with...
-
Britons for the
inhabitants of
Great Britain is
derived from the Old
French bretun, the term for the
people and
language of Brittany,
itself derived from Latin...
-
briquette Britain Old Fr. Bretaigne, from
Latin Britannia Briton Anglo-Fr.
Bretun, from
Latin Brittonem Brittany Old Fr. Bretaigne, from
Latin Britannia broach...
-
BOUIS VILLA –
Bovill de
BRAIOSA – de Braose; Brewis;
Brewhouse BRITO – Le
Bretun de
BROILLEIO – de Bruilly;
Briley de
BRUERIA – Bryer; Briewer;
Brewer BRUNELLI...
- was a
building of some size and
presumably importance. In 1246
Henry de
Bretun was
presented to the
living of 'Sancti
Michaelis de Kery', and at this time...
- officials.
Occasionally the
younger Breton appears in the
records as John
Bretun or John Brito. He
served as
Sheriff of
Herefordshire from 1254 to 1257,...
-
Estoire des Troiiens,
along with
another early part
named the
Estoire des
Bretuns, has been lost. The present-day copy
begins with the 495
landing of Cerdic...
-
known as L'Estoire des
Bretuns) has survived,
being su****ded by the latecomer. Ian
Short argues that Gaimar's
Estoire des
Bretuns was no more than a short...
- with
Marie de France's "Chevrefoil", and his use of the
expression lais
bretuns (line 362),
indicate that the poet knew Marie's lais.
There is also evidence...
