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Brother penning old verse one would see for a bit (7) - can someone help me out with the parsing please? I see that the answer is lorimer and that it is o for old and "rime" for verse, but how does brother give L....R (assuming "penning" indicates the letters enclose ORIME? What am I missing?

Thanks!

I read it as ...

Old Verse = Rime (an old spelling inside

Brother = Lor (an exclamation of surprise, as in "Oh Brother")

I didn't explain that very well.

Basically I was saying the "O" does not mean 'Old' but is there to justify that particular spelling of 'Rime'.

In addition to Brendan's parsing (all correct) I would like to add that Lorimer is a Scottish surname meaning 'bridle maker' or supplier of horse equipment. So you might well see him or her for a 'bit'.

Thanks Sam, I hadn't realised that I'd neglected to include the definition in my parsing.

Thanks! I did wonder whether rime was "old verse" but lor for brother never occurred to me.

Hi Sam, I wonder if it's just a coincidence that the setter used 'Lor' for 'Brother' and 'Lor imer' as the answer.

I'd like to know who set this clue, as I'm still not sure how the parsing fully works. But then I am a bit thick.