brae

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(Northern-England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.
(Northern-England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹeɪ/

Inherited from Middle English

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Middle High German

Cognate with German

Cognate with Old Saxon

In summary

From Middle English bro, bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”), from Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”) (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). The English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw (“eyelid”), Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue (“eyebrow”)), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”); and is a doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow.