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Loch of Browbreck

lake or loch · Shetland Islands

Old NorseAI-generated

This loch name is likely of Old Norse origin, meaning 'loch of the farmstead by the hill, near the stream'.

Word origins

Brow
Old Norsehill(from bryn "hill")
breck
Old Norsestream(from brekka "slope, stream")
býr
Old Norsefarmstead, village(from býr "farmstead, village")