An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 117

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 117

~Broddit Staff~, "A staff with a sharp point at the extremity," Gl.


Sibb. Also called a _pike-staff_, S. This is the same with _broggit-staff_.


V. ~Brog~.


BRODYRE, BRODIR, _s._ A brother; pl. _bredir_, _bredyre_.


_Wyntown._


Isl. _brodur_, pl. _broeder_.


~Brodir-Dochter~, _s._ A niece, S.


_Wyntown._


_Brodir-son_ or _brother-son_, and _sister-son_, are used in the same manner; and _brother-bairn_ for cousin, S.


A Swed. idiom. _Brorsdotter_, niece; _brorson_, nephew; _brorsbarn_, the children of a brother.


BROD MALE, BRODMELL, _s._ The brood brought forth, or littered, at the same time.


_Douglas._


From A. S. _brod_, proles, and _mael_, tempus; or O. Germ, _mael_, consors, _socius_; whence _ee-ghe-mael_, conjunx, Kilian.


~Brod Sow~, A sow that has a litter.


_Polwart._


_To_ BROG, _v. a._ To pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument, S.


_Acts Ja. I._


Hence _broggit staff_, mentioned as a subst.i.tute for an ax. The term _prog-staff_ is now used in the same sense, q. v.


~Brog~, _s._


1. A pointed instrument; such as an awl, S.


2. A job with such an instrument, S.


BROG, BROGUE, _s._ A coa.r.s.e and light kind of shoe, made of horse-leather, much used by the Highlanders, and by those who go to shoot in the hills, S.


Ir. Gael. _brog_, a shoe.


_Lord Hailes._


BROGH, _s._ _Ye man bring brogh and hammer fort_, i. e. You must bring proof for it, Loth.


In the North of Germany, the phrase _burg und emmer_ is used in a similar sense, as denoting legal security. Our _brogh_ and Germ. _burg_ both denote suretyship. The proper meaning of _emmer_ is not known.


_To_ BROGLE, _v. a._ To p.r.i.c.k, Loth. _Brog_, synon.


BROGUE, _s._ "_A hum, a trick_," S.


_Burns._


Isl. _brogd_, astus, stratagemata, Verel. _brigd_, id.


BROICE. Leg. _Broite_.


_Barbour._


_To_ BROIGH, _v. n._ To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting; Lanerks.


V. ~Brothe~, from which it is probably corr.


BROILLERIE, _s._ A state of contention.


V. ~Brulyie~.


_G.o.dscroft._


Fr. _brouillerie_, confusion.


BROK, BROCK, BROKS, _s._ Fragments of any kind, especially of meat; S.


_Bannatyne Poems._


Moes. G. _ga-bruko_, Alem. _bruch_, id. Hence also Germ. _brocke_, a fragment.


_To_ ~Brok~, ~Brock~, _v. a._ To cut, crumble, or fritter any thing into shreds or small parcels, S.


Apparently formed as a frequentative from _break_; if not immediately from the _s._


BROKAR, _s._ A bawd, a pimp.