brattur

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Icelandic brattur, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

brattur (comparative brattari, superlative brattastur)

1. steep

• slættur

• fjall
• tindur
• berg
• brekka

• langur
• breiður
• víður
• høgur
• stórur
• tjúkkur
• turrur
• vátur
• lýggjur
• kaldur

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Faroese brattur, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

brattur (comparative brattari, superlative brattastur)

1. steep
2. straight, upright
3. vigorous, lively

• (steep): hallur
• (upright): fattur
• (lively): hress

• bera bratt hala sinn, (to hold one's head up high)
• bera ekki bratt hala sinn
• snarbrattur (precipitous, very steep)

• bratti (steepness)
• brattlendi (steep ground)

• “brattur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.