An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

It is used in a similar sense, O. E. Isl. bregd, nisus, an attempt, an exertion.

BRADE, adj.; S.
V. [Braid].

To BRADE, BRAID, v. a. To turn round.
Gawan and Gol.

Isl. bregd-a, vertere.

To BRADE, BRAID, BREDE, BREED, v. n.
1. To resemble, to be like in manners; especially as denoting that similarity which characterises the same stock or family; with the prep. of.
Ferguson's S. Prov.
2. To appear, to be manifest.
Dunbar.

Isl. bregd-a, bregth-a, Su. G. braa, denote the resemblance of children, in dispositions, to their progenitors. Bregdur barni til aettar, progenitoribus suis quisque fere similis est.

To BRADE, BRAID up, v. a. "To braid up the head," to toss it as a high-mettled horse does, or to carry it high.
Dunbar.

A. S. bred-an, Belg. breyd-en, to extend.

To BRAG, v. a.
1. To reproach, to upbraid.
Ruddiman.
2. To defy, S. B.
Morison.

Su. G. brigd-a, exprobrare; Isl. bregd-a, opprobrare.