brae

Meaning

Noun

• The sloping bank of a river valley.
• Any hillside or slope.

Origin

• From Middle English bro, bra, from Old Norse brá (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.
• The English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw, Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha; and is a bree, and brow.