bráð

See also: brad, Brad, brád, bråd, and brath

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprauːð/

  Rhymes: -auːð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bráð, related to býti (“exchange”). Cognate with Old English brad and German Brat.

Noun

bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, nominative plural bráðir)

1. a prey, a victim
2. game, wild animals hunted for food

Declension

declension of bráð

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bráð	bráðin	bráðir	bráðirnar
accusative	bráð	bráðina	bráðir	bráðirnar
dative	bráð	bráðinni	bráðum	bráðunum
genitive	bráðar	bráðarinnar	bráða	bráðanna

Synonyms

• (victim): fórnarlamb n
• (game): villibráð

Further reading

• “bráð” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen

Etymology 2

From the Old Norse bráð.

Noun

bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, no plural)

1. denoting haste, but only used in the adverbial phrase í bráð (“for the time being, at the moment”).

Declension

declension of bráð

f-s2	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	bráð	bráðin
accusative	bráð	bráðina
dative	bráð	bráðinni
genitive	bráðar	bráðarinnar

Derived terms

• í bráð

Related terms

• bráðum
• bráður

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bráð

1. inflection of bráður:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brēdô m (“flesh, muscle”), whence ultimately also English brawn.

Noun

bráð f (genitive bráðar, plural bráðir)

1. meat, raw flesh

Declension

  Declension of bráð (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bráð	bráðin	bráðir	bráðirnar
accusative	bráð	bráðina	bráðir	bráðirnar
dative	bráð	bráðinni	bráðum	bráðunum
genitive	bráðar	bráðarinnar	bráða	bráðanna

References

• bráð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.