Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To fill (a container) to the brim (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1), top, or upper edge. · To fill (something) fully. · To be full until almost overflowing.
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge. · The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container. · A projecting rim. · That of a hat.
The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); of unclear origin; compare Middle High German brem (“margin”). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Bavarian Bräm (“border, stripe”) * Danish bræmme (“border, edge, brim”) * obsolete German Bräme, Brame (“border, edge”) * Swedish bräm (“border, edge”) * Icelandic barmur (“edge, verge, brink”)
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