An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Brink

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2506491An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Brink1891John Francis Davis

​ Brink, m., ‘grassy hillock, green sward,’ from LG. brink, comp. OIc. brekka (from *brinkô), f., both meaning ‘hill’; akin to E. brink, and OIc. bringa, ‘mead.’

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