13 May 2017

brae

[brey, bree; Scot. brey, bree]

noun, Scot. and North England.

1. a slope; declivity; hillside.

Origin of brae

Middle English Old Norse

1300-1350; Middle English bra; Old Norse brā brow, cognate with Old English brēaw eyebrow, eyelid, Old High German brāwa (German Braue); for semantic development, cf. brow

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Examples from the Web for brae

Historical Examples

The contents of this MS. can be so well ascertained from Mr. brae ‘s edition that it is unnecessary to say more about it here.
Chaucer’s Works, Volume 3 (of 7)
Geoffrey Chaucer

Once landed on Raasay, I made up the brae to the great house.
A Daughter of Raasay
William MacLeod Raine

In three or four minutes we had topped the brae and began to go down upon Sandag.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI
Robert Louis Stevenson

Anagram

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Today’s quote

If I’m being rejected from one thing, it’s really just the path redirecting me elsewhere to where I’m supposed to be.

– Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

On this day

13 May 1941 – birth of Richard Steven Valenzuela, otherwise known as Richie Valens. 1950s rock and roll star, famous for songs such as, ‘Come On, Let’s Go’, and ‘La Bamba. Died in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 with other musicians, Buddy Holly, J.P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Their deaths were immortalised in the Don McLean song, ‘American Pie’, when he sang about the day the music died.

13 May 1981 – Pope John Paul II is injured in front of 2,000 people in St Peter’s Square after being shot by Turkish man, Mehmet Ali Agca.