bráð
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== Icelandic ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈprauːð/
Rhymes: -auːð
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Norse bráð, related to býti (“exchange”). Cognate with Old English brad and German Brat.
==== Noun ====
bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, nominative plural bráðir)
prey, victim
Synonym: fórnarlamb n
game (wild animals hunted for food)
Synonym: villibráð
===== Declension =====
==== Further reading ====
“bráð” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Old Norse bráð.
==== Noun ====
bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, no plural)
haste used in fixed expressions
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
í bráð (“for the time being, at the moment”)
===== Related terms =====
bráðum
bráður
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Adjective ====
bráð
inflection of bráður:
feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
neuter plural accusative strong positive degree
== Old Norse ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *brēdô m (“flesh, muscle”), whence ultimately also English brawn.
=== Noun ===
bráð f (genitive bráðar, plural bráðir)
meat, raw flesh
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bráð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 67; also available at the Internet Archive