BOWNE, vb. to swell.  Irving, 230.  O.N. bolgna to swell, Norse
    bolna, Dan. bolne.  Shows characteristic Sco. change of l
    to w.  In boudin, Irving, 467, an excrescent d has
    developed before the l became u (w).  Wallace, VI, 756,
    bolnyt, swelled.  So in Wyntoun, IX, 17, 5. Boldnit with
    excrescent d occurs in Douglas, II, 84, 16.

BRA, BRAE, BRAY (br[-e]), a slope, declivity.  O.N. bra, see
    Bradley’s Stratmann.  Cp. Joestedalsbrae in Western Norway.

BRAID (br[-e]d), sb. a sudden movement, an assault (Small). 
    Douglas, III, 251, 2.  O.N. brageth, a sudden motion, a quick
    movement, tricks or sleights in wrestling.  O. Sw. braghþ,
    a sudden motion.  Norse, Sw. bragd, manner of execution,
    exploit.  The fundamental idea in the Sco. and the O. Nh. word
    is sudden movement.  The O.E. braegd meant deceit, fraud.

BRAITH, adj. hasty, violent.  Wallace, X, 242.  O.N. braethr,
    sudden, hasty, O. Dan. braadh, Norse braad.  Cp. braahast
    (E.  Norse), great hurry, O. Sw. brader, brodher, hasty,
    violent, Orm. bra, angry. Brothfall (Orm), a fit, broth
    (Eng. dial.), in Skeat’s list. Braithful, violent, sharp.

BRAITHLY, adv. violently, suddenly.  O.N. braethliga, hastily.  Cp. 
    E. Norse braaleg adj., and M. Dan. bradelig.  O.N.
    braethorethr means “hasty of speech.”

BROKIT, BRUKIT, adj. streaked, spotted.  Burns, 569.  O. Sw.
    brokoter, Norse brokut, Dan. broget, variegated,
    striped.  Cp. dannebrog, the Danish flag.  Same as Cu.
    breukt.  Probably the same with Shetland brogi, in “a brogi
    sky,” cloudy.  May possibly be Eng.  Exists in M.L.G.

BROD, sb. a sharp point.  Wyntoun, VI, 14, 70.  O.N. broddr,
    Norse, Sw. brodd, Orm. brodd. (See Brate.)

BROD, vb. to prick, spur on, incite.  C.S. 123; Douglas, III, 3,
    20; Dunbar T.M.W. 330.  O.N. brodda, to prick, to urge.  Dan.
    brodde means “to equip with points,” a vb. later developed
    out of the sb.

BRONT, sb. force, rush, shock.  Douglas, I, 90, 20; II, 161, 28. 
    “At the first bront we swept by.”  See Skeat brunt.

BUD, sb. a bribe, an offer.  Lyndsay, 436, 1616; Dunbar T.M.W. 142. 
    O.N. bod, an offer, Norse bod, Sw. bud, Dan. dial.
    bud, an offer at an auction.  Cp.  O.E. friethbote, a peace-
     offering, O.N. frieth + boeth.

BUGHT, sb. a corner or stall where cows are milked.  Ramsay, II,
    539.  O.N. bugt, a bowing, a bight, Norse bugt, Dan.
    bugt.