Braithly, adv. violently, suddenly. O. N. bráðliga, hastily. Cp. E. Norse braaleg adj., and M. Dan. bradelig. O. N. bráðorðr 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. friðbote, a peace-offering, O. N. frið + boð.
Bught, sb. a corner or stall where cows are milked. Ramsay, II, 539. O. N. bugt, a bowing, a bight, Norse bugt, Dan. bugt.
Buller, vb. to trickle, bubble. Winyet, II, 62. O. N. buldra, Norse bulrdra. See E.D.D. cp. Sw. bullra, to make an indistinct noise. O. Fr. bulder, L. G. bullern (see Koolman), Germ. poltern all have more the idea of loud noise, clamor, as the Norse word sometimes has. Lyndsay, 226, 95, uses the word in this sense. It may be genuine Eng.
Busk, vb. to prepare, dress, adorn, ornament. O. N. búask from búa sik, to make ready, to ornament. See Wall. Exhibits W. Scand. reflexive ending sk. The Gael. busgainnich, to dress, to adorn, is a loanword from O. N.
Buskie, adj. fond of dress, Jamieson, busk sb. dress, decoration. See busk vb.