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m. — Cf. brodd, vb., and skott, skoit, sb.

broget [brōgət], adj., pied; stained; variegated; a b. coo [‘cow’], a b. sock [‘stocking, sock’). Rare (reported by J.I.). No. brokutt, adj., stained (R.), Da. broget, pied; L.Sc. broakit, broakie, brocked, variegated, black and white (of a cow). The change brok- > brog- in Shetl. indicates the word to be Norn and not borrowed later from L.Sc. Cf. brogi, adj., which prop. is the same word.

brogg [brog, brȯg], sb., low bank; knoll; elevation; also a large lump of earth; borabrogg, rush-grown knoll. Comm. in pl., broggs, of uneven ground, broken up, cut by cracks and fissures. Prop. the same word as brekk, sb.; q.v. For the vowel cf. No. brokka, brokke, f., parallel form to “brekka”. A form brokk [bråk] is found, e.g. in Papa St., but only as a place-name, name of a bank: de Langbrokkens [laŋ·bråk·əns]: *langbrekkurnar. For a change kk > gg, g, cf. e.g. baggiskjump, sb., and see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 a. A form with lengthened vowel, brogi [brōgi], peculiar to N.Roe and M.Roe, is used, partly as a common noun, partly as a place-name: de Brogi o’ Brebister, o’ Hulen, etc., names of banks; in M.Roe only as a place-name: de Brogis, two hillocks.

brogget [brogət], adj., lumpy; uneven, of worsted; b. worsed [‘worsted’]. Uⁿ. Deriv. of brogg, sb.

broggi [brogi], adj. of soil: rough, cut by cracks and fissures. Prop. the same word as brogget.

brogi [brogi, brɔgi]. adj., of the sky: overcast with clouds through which the clear sky appears in large patches, a b. sky (= a holi sky); of weather: dry, but with a partly overcast sky (cloud-forma-

tions with clear sky in between). b. wadder. Uⁿ. Deriv. of an obs. word *brog in the sense of: a) stain; spot (large discoloration); b) cloud-formation. N. Sw. dials. brok, m., dark spot; Icel. brok, n., cloud-formation; No. brokutt, adj., stained.

brok [brok], sb., 1) tangle; disorder, a’ [‘all’] in a b.; Y. 2) commotion in the sea, heavy sea with choppy waves, a b. i’ de sea (Fe.); der’r a b. o’ sea on, there is a choppy sea near the land (Nm^w.). N.Sh. To be classed with No. braaka and broka, vb., a) to break; wring; wriggle; b) to be noisy; to creak; roar; braak, n., a breaking; wringing; etc.

brok [brok], vb., 1) to walk in a heedless and careless manner, laying about one and overturning (smashing) what comes in one’s way, to geng brokin aboot; Du. 2) to speak badly and unintelligibly; he could b. trough [‘through’] English; N.I. Is prob. the same word as No. braaka, broka, vb., to break; wring; to be noisy, etc.; Sw. dial. bråka, vb., to break. See brok, sb.

broket [brokət], adj., queer; ludicrous; behaving in a strange manner; he was very b.-like, he had a b. way aboot him, he behaved in a peculiar way. N.Roe. To be classed with brok, sb., and brok, vb.

brol, sb. and vb., see brøl², sb., and brøl, vb.

brolk¹ [brȯ‘ᶅk], sb., protuberance; knob, a b. on de nose; knob on the forehead of a polled cow or the sprouting horns of a calf’s forehead; small hump, a b. atween de shooders [‘shoulders’]; bump caused by a blow (= brøl). N.Sh. *bi-rulkr. Fær. rulkur, m., bundle; knot: No. rulk, m., bundle; pad-formed protuberance; elongated bump.