The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54450   Message #842981
Posted By: weepiper
07-Dec-02 - 09:11 AM
Thread Name: What is a 'brae'
Subject: RE: What is a 'brae'
It's not from Gaelic, Gaelic and English both borrowed it from the Old Norse word for 'brow' as in eyebrow etc... it refers to the shape of the hill being like a brow. There are a lot of Norse words which appear in both English and Gaelic....