bràighde

bràighde
captives, pledges, Irish bráighe, pl. bráighde, Early Irish braga, g. bragat, hostage, prisoner, braig, a chain; Greek $$Ggróhos, noose; English crank, German kringel; Indo-European $$gregh, possibly allied to Indo-European $$gre$$-gh, neck, as in brághad. Hence braighdeanas, captivity, also dialectic braigh, hostage, pledge.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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