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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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brae
noun
a hill, the side of a hill
la14-
.
etymology:
Scots; Old Norse
brá
= Old English
brǽw, bréaw
‘eyelid’; Old Saxon
brâwa, brâha
Old High German
brâwa
, German
braue
‘eyebrow’; attested by
BS in TDITA
,
BW
and
WM in DB