A Scottish and Northern English dialect word meaning brittle, fragile, or easily broken.
From Old Norse 'brokull' meaning fragile or weak, entering English through Viking contact in Scandinavia and northern regions, eventually becoming a dialectal word.
In Scottish dialect, something 'bruckle' is not just breakable—it carries a sense of being damaged or worn out already, like calling something 'fragile from age' rather than 'fragile in general.'
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