BRAN  , the ground husk of See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, oats, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley or other cereals, used for feeding See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, packing and other purposes (see See also:

• FLOUR

FLOUR) . The word occurs in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French bren or bran, in the dialects of other Romanic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, and also in See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic, cf . See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton brenn, Gaelic bran . The New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary considers these Celtic forms to be borrowed from French or English . In See also:

• MODERN

modern French bren means filth, refuse, and this points to some connexion with Celtic words, e.g . Irish brews, manure . If so, the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning a poem entitled: On Illicit Love, written among the ruins of Godstow Nunnery, near See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford (1775, See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle); The See also:

• HISTORY

History and Antiquities of Newcastle-upon-See also:

• TYNE

Tyne (2 vols., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1789), and many papers in the Archaeologia .