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broget [brōgət],, pied; stained; variegated; a b. coo [‘cow’], a b. sock [‘stocking, sock’)] [sic]. Rare (reported by J.I.). brokutt,, stained (R.),  broget, pied; broakit, broakie, brocked, variegated, black and white (of a cow). The change brok- > brog- in  indicates the word to be Norn and not borrowed later from  , , which  is the same word.

brogg [brog, brȯg],, low bank; knoll; elevation; also a large lump of earth;, rush-grown knoll. in, , of uneven ground, broken up, cut by cracks and fissures. the same word as, ; For the vowel  brokka, brokke, , parallel form to “brekka”. A form [bråk] is found, in , but only as a place-name, name of a bank: de Langbrokkens [laŋ·bråk·əns]: change kk > gg, g,  , , and see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 a. A form with lengthened vowel, [brōgi], peculiar to and, is used, partly as a common noun, partly as a place-name: de o’ Brebister, o’ Hulen,, names of banks; in only as a place-name: de, two hillocks.
 * langbrekkurnar. For a

brogget [brogət],, lumpy; uneven, of worsted; b. worsed [‘worsted’]. of ,

broggi [brogi], of soil: rough, cut by cracks and fissures. the same word as.

brogi [brogi, brɔgi]. , of the sky: overcast with clouds through which the clear sky appears in large patches, a b. sky (= a sky); of weather: dry, but with a partly overcast sky (cloud-formations (cloud-forma''- tions with clear sky in between). b. wadder. . of an word * in the sense of: a) stain; spot (large discoloration); b) cloud-formation. brok,, dark spot; brok, , cloud-formation;  brokutt, , stained.

brok [brok],, 1) tangle; disorder, a’ [‘all’] in a b.; 2) commotion in the sea, heavy sea with choppy waves, a b. i’ de sea ; der’r a b. o’ sea on, there is a choppy sea near the land. To be classed with braaka and broka,, a) to break; wring; wriggle; b) to be noisy; to creak; roar; braak,, a breaking; wringing;

brok [brok],, 1) to walk in a heedless and careless manner, laying about one and overturning (smashing) what comes in one’s way, to geng aboot; 2) to speak badly and unintelligibly; he could b. trough [‘through’] English; Is  the same word as braaka, broka,, to break; wring; to be noisy, ; bråka,, to break. See ,

broket [brokət],, queer; ludicrous; behaving in a strange manner; he was very b.-like, he had a b. way aboot him, he behaved in a peculiar way. To be classed with, , and ,

brol, and, see $n$, , and ,

brolk$n$ [brȯ‘ᶅk],, protuberance; knob, a b. on de nose; knob on the forehead of a polled cow or the sprouting horns of a calf’s forehead; small hump, a b. atween de shooders [‘shoulders’]; bump caused by a blow (= ). knot: rulk,, bundle; pad-formed protuberance; elongated bump.
 * bi-rulkr. rulkur,, bundle;