prando

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From Lombardic prand, "shining sword".^[1] Doublet of Frankish-derived Italian brando.^[2] Cognate with English brand, Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand. From Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”).

prando m (plural prandi)

(poetry and onomatology) sword, especially in poetry,^[3] and in compound words, names and surnames of Lombardic origin.^[4]^[2]
Synonyms: brando, spada

^ I Longobardi e Pavia capitale, Associazione Culturale Liutprand, p. 102 (archive).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Storia, Comune di Brandizzo, quote: "...nome personale di tradizione francone Brando (di contro al longobardo Prando)..." (archive).
^ Glassford, James (1866) Lyrical Compositions Selected from the Italian Poets: with Translations. Second Edition. p. 581.
^ Examples: Ansprando, Liutprando, Ildeprando, Aliprando, Eriprando, etc., and their shortening Prando; pluralized as surnames: Aliprandi, Luitprandi, Liprandi, Oprandi, Prandi, etc. Also in the concept of the piede liprando.