bracen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French bracier, from brace; equivalent to brace +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

brace, bras, brase, brasyn
bracyn (Promptorium Parvulorum)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbraːsən/

Verb

bracen (third-person singular simple present braseth, present participle brasende, brasynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brased)

To clasp or hold onto; to put one's hands on.
To grab or take; to forcibly hold.
To restrain or bind; to make secure.
To attach or connect two objects to each other.
(rare) To cover or veil; to surround with a cover.
(rare) To draw out; to pull to extend.
(rare) To stab or puncture.
(rare) To reassure or succour.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bracen* (weak in -ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) bracen, brace

1st-person singular	brace	braced
2nd-person singular	bracest	bracedest
3rd-person singular	braceth	braced
subjunctive singular	brace	braced
imperative singular	brace	—

plural¹	bracen, brace	braceden, bracede
imperative plural	braceth, brace	—

participles	bracynge, bracende	braced, ybraced

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: brace

References

“brācen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

bracen

alternative form of brasen