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Old French
Noun
bricun oblique singular, m (oblique plural bricun, nominative singular bris, nominative plural bricun)
- (early in France, Anglo-Norman) madman
11th century, Chanson de Roland,
221-222 :
- E dist al Rei : « Ja mar crerez bricun, / Ne mei ne altre, se de vostre prod nun. »
- (Ganelon speaks to Charlemaigne) And he said to the king, "You should never believe a madman: neither me nor anyone else, unless it is of your advantage. "
Adjective
bricun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brice)
- (early in France, Anglo-Norman) mad; insane
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