broan

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English brōnd, brānd, from Old English brand, brond, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with West English bron.

Pronunciation

  • (early) IPA(key): /brɔːn/
  • (late) IPA(key): /broːn/[1]

Noun

broan

  1. firebrand[2]
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      hoat broan
      a hot stick of fire

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 155
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28
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