Neither usage is ideal.
The French influences in the nobility would likely have them saying "small meal" or "little dinner" for breakfast (Petit-dejeuner). Breaking away from that though... Breakfast, according to dictionary.com, had recorded and written usage by the more commoner/priestly castes as early as 1425. Which, you know, is well within the 15th-century.
Which I think falls into the "modern British accent paradox" thing, where Americans have closer to the original British accent than British people do, because almost as a nation, Britain changed their accent to distinguish themselves from the colonies, meaning the established colonies had the legacy and original accent remain. But despite that, you'd 100% expect a medieval British castle guard to sound more "oi guvnah" than "Howdy do".
"Broke fast" sounds more medieval, even if "Brekky" or "breakfast" was likely common-enough parlance.
Neither usage is ideal.
The French influences in the nobility would likely have them saying "small meal" or "little dinner" for breakfast (Petit-dejeuner). Breaking away from that though... Breakfast, according to dictionary.com, had recorded and written usage by the more commoner/priestly castes as early as 1425. Which, you know, is well within the 15th-century.
Which I think falls into the "modern British accent paradox" thing, where Americans have closer to the original British accent than British people do, because almost as a nation, Britain changed their accent to distinguish themselves from the colonies, meaning the established colonies had the legacy and original accent remain. But despite that, you'd 100% expect a medieval British castle guard to sound more "oi guvnah" than "Howdy do".
Neither usage is ideal.
The French influences in the nobility would likely have them saying "small meal" or "little dinner" for breakfast (Petit-dejeuner). Breaking away from that though... Breakfast, according to dictionary.com, had recorded and written usage by the more commoner/priestly castes as early as 1425. Which, you know, is well within the 15th-century.
Which I think falls into the "modern British accent paradox" thing, where Texans have closer to the original British accent than British people do, because almost as a nation, Britain changed their accent to distinguish themselves from the colonies, meaning the established colonies had the legacy and original accent remain. But despite that, you'd 100% expect a medieval British castle guard to sound more "oi guvnah" than "Howdy do".