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A Latin form of the Kymric word Brenhin (a war-chief). In times of danger the Druids appointed a brenn to lead the confederate tribes to battle.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.