broan

Yola

Alternative forms

• brone

Etymology

From Middle English brōnd, brānd, from Old English brand, brond, from Proto-West Germanic *brand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾɔːn/
• Homophone: bran

Noun

broan

1. firebrand
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     hoat broan

     a hot stick of fire

Derived terms

• brandeyrons

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28