[Written also brim and brimme.]
{ Bren (&?;), Bren"ne (&?;), } v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Brent (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brenning.] [See Burn.] To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall.
W. Browne.
Bren, n. Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bren"nage (&?;), n. [OF. brenage; cf. LL. brennagium, brenagium. See Bran.] (Old Eng. Law) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.