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brók

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brækr, [ braca, only in ]; this word is of Celtic origin, and identical with the Gaelic braecan = tartan:
I. tartan or party-coloured cloth, from Gaelic breac = versicolor. Roman writers oppose the Celtic ‘braca’ to the Roman ‘toga;’ Gallia Bracata, Tartan Gaul, and Gallia Togata; ‘versicolore sagulo, bracas, tegmen barbarum indutus,’ Tac. Hist. 2, 20, where it exactly answers to the tartan, the national dress of Celts; a similar sense remains in the names lang-brók, a surname to a lady because of her tall stature, , ; há-brók, the name of the hawk, from his chequered plumage (?), 44; loð-brók, the name of the famous mythical Danish king, shaggy coat, though the reason for the name is otherwise given in I; the name of the Danish flag of war Dannebrog, Dana-brók, pannus Danicus.II. breeches. breeks, the denoting one leg; fótinn ok brókina, 242; ok let hann leika laust knæt í brókinni, vii. 170: skyrtu gyrða í brækr, 39, 136, 63. Gen. ix. 22, 160, xi. 150, 4; leista-brækr, breeches with the socks fixed to them. ; blárendar (blue-striped) brækr, 184; the lesser outlawry might be inflicted by law on a woman wearing breeches, v. the curious passage in 35; the passage, berbeinn þú stendr ok hefir brautingja görvi, þatkiþú hafir brækr þínar, bare-legged thou standest, in beggarly attire, without even thy breeches on, 6—the poet probably knew the Highland dress; also the story of king Magnús of Norway (died 1103); hann hafði mjök þá siðu um klæða búnað, sem títt var í Vestrlöndum ( Scotland), ok margir hans menn, at þeir gengu berleggjaðir, höfðu stutta kyrtla ok svá yfirhafnir, ok kölluðu margir menn hann Berbein eðr Berfætt, vii. 63: proverbs, barnið vex, en brókin ekki, the bairn grows, but the breeks not, advice to mothers making the first pair of breeks for a boy, not to make them too tight; þetta verðr aldri barn í brók, this will never be a bairn in breeks, this will never do.
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  • Lat.Latin.
  • Scot.Scottish.
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  • ch.chapter.
  • qs.quasi.
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  • A. D.Anno Domini.
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