As an adjective briefe
is .
As a noun priefe is
.
briefe
English
Adjective
(head)
priefe
English
Noun
(
head)
* 1590 , Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene , I.xi:
- For onely worthy you through prowes priefe / Yf liuing man mote worthy be, to be her liefe.