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80 In  is found a form [brɔusər], in sense of a pretentious person. — from the same word as the preceding ; further brøsen and brøseleg, , well-built; clever; stout, (R.).

brosk(i),, see.

brost,, see.

brotj,, see $1$,

brotl, brottel, and, see .

bru,, see ,

brug [brūg],, a small height or mound,flat on the top. a contraction of * , an extended form of ( bru, ) = *,, brow; edge and the suffix - ( -ick, -ack, -ock). brow,, a rising ground. A development *bruek > may be confirmed by referring to the word [tūg],, knoll, from *.

brugg [brog],, edge; border, of a cultivated patch of land, also of a steep coast: de b. o’ de (corn-)rig, o’ de banks. brugd, , upward bent edge; raised frame or selvage.

brugg,, see and ,

brugget,, see ,

brui [brūi],, brother, only preserved in certain phrases: a) as a tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea; ; b) in jocular address to a person: “bridder [‘brother’] !” — is also sometimes used: a) in sense of gnome, bugbear: had [‘hold’] dy tongue, boy! b. will come, b. will tak’ dee ; b) as a name for the devil; in that case, it may be either the same word as, brother, or with braue,, trolls; witchcraft (Ri.).

bruk [bruk (brūk)],, mass; heap, a b. o’ fish, a b. o’ waar ( ware, seaweed;  þarabrúk); also of a multitude or crowd, a b. o’ fok. brúk, , a mass; multitude; heap.

bruks [broks],, to have a bad cold in the head with a hoarse throat and cough, to b. or geng in a cauld [‘cold’]. (?). from an  *bi-hráksa, of *bi-hrák-. hráki, , sputum, and hrækja,, to spit; rækja,, to hawk, , also to emit hoarse sounds (roar); råka,, to cough and spit. For the s-deriv. kraksa, , to cough up, kraaks’, , to cough, cough up phlegm, as well as  and , For examples of the prefix *- in, see under ,

brults [bro‘lts],, crash; noise; tramping, mostly in ; I heard de o’ him (comin’), I heard him coming, stumbling and tramping.   brǫlta, , to tumble about; brult (brolt),, noise; crash, “bralsa, braalsa”,, = brolta, brulta (to make a noise).

brumplek [bro‘mplək],, 1) rockling, motella, a species of cod, a young rockling of brownish colour. 2) blenny, a small fish, belonging to the genus blennius, tangbrosma, tarabrosma; tang-tusk, tang- = . —, , , Also (more rarely) [bro‘mplɩn]. — Should the word be a, the first part may be *brún-, brown, referring to the brownish colour of the fish, or a contraction of the word “brosma”, cusk. [plok], , small cod, may be compared with -.

brun [brūn],, brow; ridge; steep hill or bank, now scarcely used except as a place-name, in names of steep banks. brún,, brow, sharp edge. In sense of brow;