bráð

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See also: brad, Brad, brád, bråd, and brath

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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)

  1. prey, victim
    Synonym: fórnarlamb n
  2. game (wild animals hunted for food)
    Synonym: villibráð
Declension
Declension of bráð (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bráð bráðin bráðir bráðirnar
accusative bráð bráðina bráðir bráðirnar
dative bráð bráðinni bráðum bráðunum
genitive bráðar bráðarinnar bráða bráðanna

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)

  1. haste used in fixed expressions
Declension
Declension of bráð (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative bráð bráðin
accusative bráð bráðina
dative bráð bráðinni
genitive bráðar bráðarinnar
Derived terms
  • í bráð (“for the time being, at the moment”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bráð

  1. inflection of bráður:
    1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
    2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
    3. 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)

  1. meat, raw flesh

Declension

Declension of bráð (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bráð bráðin bráðir bráðirnar
accusative bráð bráðina bráðir bráðirnar
dative bráð bráðinni bráðum bráðunum
genitive bráðar bráðarinnar bráða bráðanna

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
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