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

Sw. brazen, cyprinus brama, bream; Teut. braessem, id. cyprinus latus.

BRAITH, adj. Violent, severe.
Wallace.

Isl. Su. G. braede, ira, animi fervor.

BRAITHFUL, BREITHFUL, adj. Sharp, violent.
Douglas.

BRAITHLIE, adj. The same with [Braithful]; or perhaps in the sense of struggling.
Douglas.

Su. G. bryt-a, brott-as, Isl. briot-a, luctare.

BRAITHLY, adv. Violently, with great force.
Wallace.

To BRAK, v. n. To break, S. B.
Ross.

A. S. brac-an, id. Isl. eg braaka, frango.

BRAKE, s. A large and heavy kind of harrow, chiefly used for breaking in rough ground, S.