Meaning of bramme | Babel Free

Definitions

to brag, boast

obsolete

Examples

“Pigen var bleven saa godt oplært , som Tid og Leilighed tillod. Hun havde nemmet godt, men brammede ikke med sin Viisdom; thi hun var undsseelig og stille.”

The girl had been educated as well as time and circumstance allowed. She had perceived well, but did not boast with her wisdom; for she was modest and quiet.

“... magre , huulkindede, med flade Næser og Øjne, der lyste som halvslukkede Gløder, svævede de forbi og tog Plads i de adelige Stader, hvor de engang havde brammet i Hovmod og i Stads.”

... emaciated, hollow-cheeked, with flat noses and eyes that shone like half-extinguished embers, they hovered past and took place in the noble cities where they had once boasted in arrogance and in splendour.

“1808, Skandinavisk literaturselskab, Copenhagen, Det Skandinaviske literaturselskabs skrifter ... Stabsofficerer af höi Rang og Kommando, af hvis ubetingede Hengivenhed la Roche havde brammet ...”

... staff officers of high rank and command, of whose unconditional loyalty la Roche had bragged ...

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