brant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹænt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

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)

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?

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)

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
   • 1828, Robert Burns, John Anderson:

     Your bonnie brow was brent.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brant m

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

Inflection

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Alternative forms

• brand

Derived terms

• branden

Descendants

• Dutch: 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

1. 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

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of branc

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

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

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.

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).

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Adjective

brant (comparative brantare, superlative brantast)

1. steep (sharply inclined)

   Cykla uppför en brant backe

   Ride up a steep slope

Declension

Derived terms

• tvärbrant (“sheer, precipitous”)

Related terms

• branthet

See also

• bråd

Noun

brant c

1. 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

Noun

brant m

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