brant

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See also: Brant and bränt

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).[1][2][3]

Noun

brant (plural brants or brant)

  1. (Canada, US) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
    • 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Book I”, in The Song of Hiawatha:
      I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?
Translations

References

  1. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 70, 77.
  2. ^ Kear, Janet (2005): Ducks, Geese and Swans: General chapters, species accounts (Anhima to Salvadorina), p. 306
  3. ^ Sandrock & Prior (2014): The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest, p. 25

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Swedish brant).

Alternative forms

Adjective

brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)

  1. (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
    • (Can we date this quote by Ascham and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
    • (Can we date this quote by Burns and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Your bonnie brow was brent.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brant m

  1. fire
  2. burning piece of wood
  3. firewood, fuel
  4. burn (mark on the skin or something else)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: brand
  • Limburgish: brandj

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

brant

  1. intransitive simple past of brenne

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old Norse brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian bratt, Swedish brant).

Pronunciation

Adjective

brant

  1. tall, high, steep

Declension

Declension of brant — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brant brant brant
Accusative brantne brante brant
Genitive brantes brantre brantes
Dative brantum brantre brantum
Instrumental brante brantre brante
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brante branta, brante brant
Accusative brante branta, brante brant
Genitive brantra brantra brantra
Dative brantum brantum brantum
Instrumental brantum brantum brantum
Declension of brant — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative branta brante brante
Accusative brantan brantan brante
Genitive brantan brantan brantan
Dative brantan brantan brantan
Instrumental brantan brantan brantan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brantan brantan brantan
Accusative brantan brantan brantan
Genitive brantra, brantena brantra, brantena brantra, brantena
Dative brantum brantum brantum
Instrumental brantum brantum brantum

Descendants

References

  • Old Norse language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia . Accessed August 5, 2005.
  • “brant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

Old French

Noun

brant oblique singular, m (oblique plural branz or brantz, nominative singular branz or brantz, nominative plural brant)

  1. Alternative form of branc

Old Norse

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”), as well as barmr (“rim, edge”).

Noun

brant ?

  1. (Eastern dialect) precipice

References

  • Old Norse language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia . Accessed August 5, 2005.
  • “brant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brantr, brattr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

brant (comparative brantare, superlative brantast)

  1. steep (near-vertical)

Declension

Inflection of brant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular brant brantare brantast
Neuter singular brant brantare brantast
Plural branta brantare brantast
Masculine plural3 brante brantare brantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 brante brantare brantaste
All branta brantare brantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

References

  • “brant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

Vilamovian

Noun

brant m

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