brigge

English

Noun

brigge (plural brigges)

  1. Obsolete form of bridge.
    • c, 1375, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
      At Trumpyngtoun, nat fer fro Cantebrigge,
      There gooth a brook, and over that a brigge
      At Trumpington not far from Cambridge,
      there goes a brook, and over that a bridge


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(See the entry for brigge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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