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broan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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broan

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

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References

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  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