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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
BROGG, n. “Low bank; knoll; a large lump of earth” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).
[Might be a met. form corresponding to O.N. borg, a small dome-shaped hill. Jak. regards it as the same word as brekk (s.v. Breck), cogn. with Eng. brink, O.N. brekka, a slope; but cf. Brug, n.1]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Brogg n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/brogg>
