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etymological dictionary
broinn, belly (Dialectic); the dat. of brù used dialectically as nom.; see brù.
broit, the bosom; properly the breast covering (H.S.D., for latter meaning); cf. G. brot, O. Ir. broiténe, palliolum. The word appears to be from brat, mantle, with a leaning for meaning on bruinne, breast.
brolaich, incoherent talk (as in sleep), brolasg, garrulity, Ir. brolasgach, prattling; cf. W. brawl, brol, boasting, Eng. brawl, Du. brallen, boast.
brolamas, a mess (D. C. Mc. Ph.) (Glenmoriston); same root as brollach.
broluinn, brothluinn, boiling, "æstus", tide-boiling; from broth, boiling, as in brollach, etc.
brollach, a mess; cf. E.R. brothlach, the Fénian cooking pit, from broth, as in brochan, q.v.
bromach, a colt, Ir. bromach: *brusmo‑, *brud‑, *bru, as in Eng. em-bryo?
bròn, grief, Ir., O. Ir. brón, W. brwyn, smarting, sorrow, *brugno‑s; Gr. βρύχω (υ long), gnash the teeth; Lit. gráużiu, gnaw, Pol. zgryzota, sorrow.
†bronn, grant, distribute, M. G. bronnagh (1408 charter), Ir. bronnaim, E. Ir. bronnaim, brondaim, bestow, spend: *brundo‑, *bhrud-no‑, I. E. root bhrud; Ag. S. bryttian, deal out, Norse bryti, a steward (cf. Gr. ταμίας, steward, “cutter”), brytja, chop, Eng. brittle, Teut. brut, chop; perhaps Lat. frustum, bit.
brosdaich, stir up, Ir. brosduighim, E. Ir. brostugud, inciting. The word is from the root bros‑, in brosdo‑ of brod, q.v., being here bros-to‑, which become brosso‑, and later reverts to brost, brosd, or remains as in brosnaich. Stokes says it is founded on Low Lat. brosdus, brusdus, broidery, “done by a needle”, or brosd, which is of Teutonic origin and cognate with G. brod, already given as the root. Hence brosgadh, stimulation, etc. The Ir. brosna, O. Ir. brosne, faggot, may be hence; the root bhrud, discussed under bronn, has also been suggested.
brosgul, flattery, fawning (especially of a dog); possibly from the root form brost, in brosdaich, brosgadh.
brosnaich, incite; see brosdaich. This is the best G. form; brosdaich is rather literary and Irish.
brot, broth; from the Eng. broth.
brot, a veil, upper garment, O. Ir. broiténe, palliolum; G. is a by-form of brat.
broth, itch, Ir. broth, *bruto‑; see bruthainn for root. Also (rarely) bruth.
