A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brund, Broynd, n. Also: brwnd. [Obscurely related to Brand n.1]
1. A burning, or burnt, piece of wood.a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi. 84.
For thare word sal be ay … To the folk as a brund of fyre Brus xvii. 705 (E).
Jhone Crab … In his fagaldis has set the fyr … And brynt the sow till brundis [C. brandis] bar c1475 Wall. vii. 449.
Gat nane away, … Quhen brundis fell off raftreis thaim amang Ib. viii. 1052.
Thai … bet the fyr with brwndys brym and bauld 1513 Doug. i. iii. 94.
Now fleys the stanys, and now the broyndis of fyre Ib. x. xii. 41.
Hecuba … Dremyt scho was gret … With a fyre broynd
2. A fiery streak.c1650 Spalding I. 57.
Ane gryt blaseing star like to ane comet, … haueing lang broyndis or sprayngis spredding fra the samen
