bhrud

cl. 6. P. bhruḍati, to cover orﾠ to collect Dhātup. XXVIII, 99; 102.

grant, distribute, Middle Gaelic bronnagh (1408 charter), Irish bronnaim, Early Irish bronnaim, brondaim, bestow, spend: *brundo-, *bhrud-no-, Indo-European root bhrud; Anglo-Saxon bryttian, deal out, Norse bryti, a steward (cf. Greek $$G tamías, steward, "cutter"), brytja, chop, English brittle, Teutonic brut, chop; perhaps Latin frustum, bit.

digging, the act of digging (N.H. according to H.S.D.): *brutto-, *bhrud-to-, root bhrud, break? See ++bronn.

stir up, Irish brosduighim, Early Irish brostugud, inciting. The word is from the root bros-, in brosdo- of brod, q.v., being here bros-to-, which become brosso-, and later reverts to brost, brosd, or remains as in brosnaich. Stokes says it is founded on Low Latin brosdus, brusdus, broidery, "done by a needle", or brosd, which is of Teutonic origin and cognate with Gaelic brod, already given as the root. Hence brosgadh, stimulation, etc. The Irish brosna, Old Irish brosne, faggot, may be hence; the root bhrud, discussed under ++bronn, has also been suggested.

foon; See proinn.

bran, Manx pronn; See pronn. Hence Scottish pron.

pound, bray, mash, Manx pronney, pouding; see, for root and form, ++bronn, distribute, from the root bhrud, break, which thus in Gaelic means (1) distribute, (2) break or crush. Hence pronnag, a crumb, Scottish pronacks.