- and s**** all come from Old
English words written with ⟨c⟩: cyn, brecan,
brocen, þicc, and séoc. However,
during the
course of the Old
English period, /k/...
- non-nasal + a,e,o a-mutation o (by analogy) e *hurną > horn "horn"; *brukanaz >
brocen "broken"; *duhter,
duhtriz >
dohter "daughter", plur.
dehter "daughters"...
- (Old
English brocen = broken,
uneven +
Anglian berg = hill, barrow).
Alternatively it
could mean "ruined fort", from Old
English brocen =
broken + burg...
- Auli
Persii Flacci Saturæ ****: cvm
ecphrasi et
scholiis Franc.
Sanctij Brocen. Salmanticæ: apud Dida**** à Cussio, 1599.
Doctrina de
Epicteto (1600) IJsewijn...
