brant
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Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
brant (plural brants or brant)
- (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?
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References edit
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 70, 77.
- ^ Kear, Janet (2005): Ducks, Geese and Swans: General chapters, species accounts (Anhima to Salvadorina), p. 306
- ^ Sandrock & Prior (2014): The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest, p. 25
Further reading edit
brant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Branta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English brant, from Old English brant (“high, steep”), from Proto-West Germanic *brant, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz (“steep, towering”). Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Swedish brant).
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brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)
- (dialectal) steep, precipitous.
- 1551, Roger Ascham, letter to Mr. Edward Raven:
- Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
- (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
- 1828, Robert Burns, John Anderson:
- Your bonnie brow was brent.
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.
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brant m
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- “brant (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “brant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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- brente (transitive)
Verb edit
brant
- intransitive simple past of brenne
Old English edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *brant, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz (“high, steep, towering”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”), related to Old Norse brant (“precipice”), Old Norse bretta (“to lift up, raise”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).
Cognate also with Old Norse brattr (“steep, towering, harsh, difficult”), Old Swedish branter, Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian bratt, Swedish brant.
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brant
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References edit
- 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.
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brant oblique singular, m (oblique plural branz or brantz, nominative singular branz or brantz, nominative plural brant)
- Alternative form of branc
Old Norse edit
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- *bratt — Western dialect
Etymology edit
Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”), as well as barmr (“rim, edge”).
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brant n
References edit
- 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.
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse brantr, (West Norse 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).
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brant (comparative brantare, superlative brantast)
- steep (sharply inclined)
- Cykla uppför en brant backe
- Ride up a steep slope
Declension edit
| 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 | |||
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- tvärbrant (“sheer, precipitous”)
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brant c
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| Declension of brant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | brant | branten | branter | branterna |
| Genitive | brants | brantens | branters | branternas |
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- brant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- brant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- brant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
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brant m