brant

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹænt/ Rhymes: -ænt === Etymology 1 === From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”). ==== Noun ==== 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== ===== Further reading ===== brant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Branta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Etymology 2 === 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). ==== Alternative forms ==== brent ==== Adjective ==== brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant) (dialectal) steep, precipitous. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *brant === Noun === brant m fire burning piece of wood, brand firewood, fuel burn (mark on the skin or something else) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== brand ==== Derived terms ==== branden ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: brand Afrikaans: brand Limburgish: brandj === Further reading === “brant (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “brant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === brente (transitive) === Verb === brant intransitive simple past of brenne == Old English == === Alternative forms === bront === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɑnt/ === Adjective === brant tall, high, steep ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brenting ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: brant, brent English: brant Scots: brent === References === 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 == === Noun === brant oblique singular, m (oblique plural branz or brantz, nominative singular branz or brantz, nominative plural brant) alternative form of branc == Old High German == === Alternative forms === prant, brand, prand === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz. === Noun === brant m burning fire, fireplace, firepit something (for) burning a length of firewood, burning or charred firebrand, (flaming) torch ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: brant Bavarian: Brånd German: Brand Luxembourgish: Brand === References === Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “brant”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === *bratt — Western dialect === Etymology === 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”). === Noun === brant n (Eastern dialect) steepness (Eastern dialect) precipice ==== Further reading ==== 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. == Swedish == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === brant (comparative brantare, superlative brantast) steep (sharply inclined) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tvärbrant (“sheer, precipitous”) ==== Related terms ==== branthet ==== See also ==== bråd === Noun === brant c a steeply sloping side of a landform, a precipice ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== stå på ruinens brant ==== See also ==== stup === References === 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. == Vilamovian == === Etymology === From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. === Noun === brant m fire, blaze gangrene grain smut