Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BRAMMLE, n. Also bramle. Sc. variants of Eng. bramble, the blackberry (bush), Rubus fruticosus. Gen.Sc. See also Brummle. The word is still fairly common in Eng. dial. but has been replaced in St Eng. in the 19th c. by blackberry. Comb. bramble-berry.Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 53:
Black brammles, hazel-nits, an' slaes. Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of the Lairds v.:
Famed among the schoolboys of the town for nests and brambleberries. m.Lth. 1885 J. Strathesk More Bits 297:
Bram'les an' slaes. Kcb. 1894 Crockett Raiders xxiii.:
She was fondest o' bramble-berry jelly. Sc. 1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's xxiv. 31:
The hale o't was fankl't wi' brammles. Ags. 1947 J. B. Salmond Toby Jug i.:
I wis gaitherin' brammles on Sneddie Knowe.m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 41:
I gaithert berries whaur the brammles mark
the faurmaist mairches o the lave that's free,
feart for aw human daurkness, fell an blinn.
