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

BRANDUR, s. A border.
V. [Branded].

BRANE, s. Bran, the husks of corn ground.
Dunbar.

BRANEWOD, s. Wood for burning.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. bryne incendium, and wude, wood.

BRANG, pret. Brought, S.
J. Nicol.

To BRANGLE, v. n.
1. To shake, to vibrate.
Douglas.
2. To menace, to make a threatening appearance.
Douglas.
3. To shake, applied to the mind; to confound, to throw into disorder; used actively.
Godscroft.

Fr. branl-er, to shake; Su. G. brang-as, cum labore perrumpere velle.

BRANGILL, s. A kind of dance.
Douglas.

Fr. branle, "a brawle, or daunce, wherein many men and women move all together;" Cotgr.

BRANIT, part. pa. Brawned; a term formed from E. brawn, the fleshy or musculous part of the body.
Dunbar.