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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1599
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Hawbrek, Hau-, Hal-, Habrik, n. Also: haw-, halbryk, haw-, habrig. [ME. haw-, haubrek, varr. of haw-, hauberk (c 1300), OF. hauberc. Cf. Hauberk.] A hauberk.Very frequently used by Douglas.(a) 1375 Barb. viii. 232.
Hawbrekis, that war quhit as flour a1400 Legends of the Saints xx. 239.
Sewine hawbrekis red brynnand ?1438 Alex. i. 263.
My hawbrek and my helm of steill ?1438 Ib. ii. 546.
I haue … haubrek, scheld and spere a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 1200.
Thai fond his hawbrek rent 1513 Doug. x. vi. 60.
He … Persyt … throw the schynand hawbrek(b) 1513 Doug. ii. viii. 19.
A thrynfald hawbrik … al gold begone 1513 Ib. vii. x. 60.
The styf hawbryk of steill … Of huge weght 1513 Ib. xi. xiii. 94.
Betwix the hawbrig and the helm ?1438 Alex. i. 120.
His haubrik helpit him nocht ane hair(c) 1513 Doug. xii. ii. 96.
Hys halbryk … , schynand rychely Of fynast gold 1513 Ib. 121.
His halbrik of hys body to arras(d) 1535 Stewart 34681.
Helme and habrik schorne war all in schunder 15.. Clariodus v. 2335.
Whill helmis and habrigis all to brist c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace (1570) iii. 155.
The Scottis … With swordis schair throw hals and habrik gude 1587-99 Hume vii. 100.
Hard halecrets, helmets, habriks, and harneis light
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