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

Bruckilness, Brokilness, s.
1. Brittleness, S.
2. Apparently, incoherence, or perhaps weakness; used metaphorically.
King's Quair.

BRUDY, adj. Prolific.
V. [Broodie].
Bellenden.

BRULYIE, BRULYEMENT, s.
1. A brawl, broil, fray, or quarrel, S.
Ross.
2. Improperly used for a battle.
Hamilton.

Fr. brouiller, to quarrel; Su. G. bryl-la, foerbrilla, to embroil.

To BRUND, v. n. To emit sparks as a flint does when struck.—It's brundin, the fire flies from it, S. B.

Su. G. brinn-a, to burn.

Brunds, Brundis, Brwndys, s. pl.
1. Brands, pieces of wood lighted.
Wallace.
2. It seems to signify the remains of burnt wood, reduced to the state of charcoal, and as perhaps retaining some sparks.
Barbour.
3. The term is still commonly used in Ang., only with greater latitude.

A. S. brond may be the origin; as in the second sense it merely denotes a firebrand almost entirely burnt out.

BRUS, s. Force, impetus.
Douglas.

Belg. bruyssch-en, to foam or roar like the sea; Su. G. brus-a, sonare; De aquis cum impetu ruentibus aut fluctibus maris; Ihre.