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

Callander of Craigforth, in some MS. notes, mentions brim, as signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.

To BRYN, BRIN, BIRN, v. a. To burn.
Barbour.

Su. G. brinn-a, Germ. brenn-an, id. A. S. bryne, burning.

Brynstane, Brynt-stane, s. Brimstone, sulphur.
Douglas.

A. S. bryn, incendium, and stan, q. lapis incendii seu incendiarius. Sw. braensten, id.

BRIN, BRINN, s. A ray, a beam, a flash, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

BRINK.
To Brink. Perhaps, inwardly.
Sir Tristrem.

Q. in pectore; Isl. Su. G. bring-a, pectus.

BRINKIT, part. pa. Perhaps, bronzed.
Bannatyne Poems.

Su. G. brinna, to burn, or braecka, to roast.