An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 105
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 105
BRAIK, _s._ An internal mortification; a disease among sheep, Ang.
V. ~Braxy~.
Su. G. _braeck_, a defect of any kind.
BRAIKIT, _adj._ Speckled, S.
Ir. _breac_, _brek_, id.
BRAYMEN, _s. pl._ The name given to those who inhabit the southern declivity of the Grampian hills, S.
_D. Buchanan._
BRAIN, _s._ Voice. "A braw _brain_," "a strong _brain_," a powerful voice, Ang.
_To_ BRAINDGE, _v. n._ "To run rashly forward," S. O.
_Burns._
Shall we view this as an oblique sense of Belg. _brins-en_, to neigh?
BRAYNE, BRANE, _adj._ Mad, furious.
_Douglas._
A. S. _brinn-an_, to burn, _bren_, _bryne_, fervor; whence _bryne-adl_, a fever; Su. G. _braanad_, fervor, ardor.
~Brayn-wod~, ~Brane-wod~, _adj._ Mad, in a state of insanity.
_Wyntown._
V. ~Brayne~ and ~Wod~.
BRAIRD, _s._ The first sprouting of grain.
V. ~Breer~.
_To_ BRAIS, _v. a._ To embrace.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _bras_, the arm, whence embrace, q. _in arms_.
BRAIS, _s. pl._ Snares, gins.
_Douglas._
A. S. _braegd_, figmentum, _braegden_, fraud; _gebraegdas_, crafts, frauds, subtile contrivances; Isl. Su. G. _bragd_, fraus.
BRAISE, BRAZE, _s._ The Roach, a fish, S.
_Ure._
Sw. _brazen_, cyprinus brama, bream; Teut. _braessem_, id. cyprinus latus.
BRAITH, _adj._ Violent, severe.
_Wallace._
Isl. Su. G. _braede_, ira, animi fervor.
BRAITHFUL, BREITHFUL, _adj._ Sharp, violent.
_Douglas._
BRAITHLIE, _adj._ The same with ~Braithful~; or perhaps in the sense of struggling.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bryt-a_, _brott-as_, Isl. _briot-a_, luctare.
BRAITHLY, _adv._ Violently, with great force.
_Wallace._
_To_ BRAK, _v. n._ To break, S. B.
_Ross._
A. S. _brac-an_, id. Isl. _eg braaka_, frango.
BRAKE, _s._ A large and heavy kind of harrow, chiefly used for breaking in rough ground, S.