Scottish dialect word meaning to prod, poke, or goad; to stir or move something with a pointed instrument.
From Old Norse 'brod' (prick, point). This word survived primarily in Scottish English, where Norse vocabulary remained stronger due to historical Viking settlement.
Scottish vocabulary preserved Norse roots that disappeared elsewhere in English—'brod' is a linguistic fossil showing that Scotland was once Scandinavian territory, and some ancient words just refused to leave.
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