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brosc(ar)

1608
Fowkes (Robert A.): Problems of Cymric etymology.
In LPosn 6, 1957, pp. 90–111.
3. baw m. ‘dirt, mire, dung, filth’ [connected with Ir. buadraim ‘muddle’, and ultimately with ‘cow’]; 8. brochi ‘to chafe, fume; bluster’ [related to M.I. brosc(ar) ‘noise’]; 34. gwario ‘spend, expend, invest’ [connected with Ir. feraid ‘grant, give’]; 47. Middle Welsh llyth adj. m. (f. lleth) ‘soft, tender, weak’ [cf. O.I. líach ‘wretched, unhappy’].
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