bráð
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse bráð, related to býti (“exchange”). Cognate with Old English brad and German Brat.
Noun[edit]
bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, nominative plural bráðir)
Declension[edit]
declension of bráð
Synonyms[edit]
- (victim): fórnarlamb n
- (game): villibráð
Further reading[edit]
- “bráð” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, no plural)
- denoting haste, but only used in the adverbial phrase í bráð (“for the time being, at the moment”).
Declension[edit]
declension of bráð
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
bráð
- inflection of bráður:
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *brēdô m (“flesh, muscle”), whence ultimately also English brawn.
Noun[edit]
bráð f (genitive bráðar, plural bráðir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bráð (strong i-stem)
References[edit]
- bráð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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