brant

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Origin uncertain but similar to Old Norse brandgas (sheldrake).

Noun [edit]

brant (plural brants or collectively brant)

  1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr.

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Adjective [edit]

brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)

  1. (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
    • Ascham
      Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
    • Burns
      Your bonnie brow was brent.

Old English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Cognate with Old Norse *brantr (Swedish brant, Icelandic brattr).

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  • IPA: /brɑnt/

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brant

  1. tall, high, steep

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Old Norse [edit]

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brant

  1. (Eastern dialect) precipice.

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Swedish [edit]

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brant

  1. steep (near-vertical)

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brant m

  1. fire, blaze
  2. gangrene
  3. grain smut