bráð

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See also: brad, brath, and Brad

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Old English brad and German Brat.

Noun

bráð m (genitive singular bráðar, nominative plural bráðir)

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

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