brandr

== Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *brandaz. ==== Noun ==== brandr m (genitive brands, plural brandar) brand, firebrand fire Synonym: eldr ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== brandr ===== Descendants ===== Faroese: brandur Faroese: brandur Norwegian Bokmål: brand, brann Norwegian Nynorsk: brann Old Danish: brand Danish: brand Old Swedish: brander Swedish: brand === Etymology 2 === Most likely derived from brandr (“brand, fire”) on unclear ground. Also found in English brand, Dutch brand, German Brand, Old French brand, Latin brando. ==== Noun ==== brandr m (genitive brands, plural brandar) (weaponry) sword; sword blade Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Faroese: brandur Icelandic: brandur Old Swedish: brander Swedish: brand === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “brandr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive