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brant

See also: Brant and bränt

English

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Etymology 1

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From 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]

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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?
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  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
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Etymology 2

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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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Adjective

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brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)

  1. (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.
  2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *brand

Noun

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brant m

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

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  • Dutch: brand
  • Limburgish: brandj

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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brant

  1. intransitive simple past of brenne

Old English

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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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Adjective

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brant

  1. tall, high, steep

Declension

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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

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References

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  •   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

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Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of branc

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

  1. (Eastern dialect) steepness
  2. (Eastern dialect) precipice

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  •   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

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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)

  1. steep (sharply inclined)
    Cykla uppför en brant backe
    Ride up a steep slope

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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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brant c

  1. a steeply sloping side of a landform, a precipice

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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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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand.

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brant m

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