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brant

See also: Brant and bränt

English

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Etymology 1

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From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).[1][2][3]

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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?
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  1. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 70, 77.
  2. ^ Kear, Janet (2005): Ducks, Geese and Swans: General chapters, species accounts (Anhima to Salvadorina), p. 306
  3. ^ Sandrock & Prior (2014): The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest, p. 25
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Etymology 2

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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).

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Adjective

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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

Middle Dutch

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    From Old Dutch *brant

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    brant m

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

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    Strong masculine noun
    singular plural
    nominative brant brande
    accusative brant brande
    genitive brants brande
    dative brande branden

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    • Dutch: brand
    • Limburgish: brandj

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    brant

    1. intransitive simple past of brenne

    Old English

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    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.

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    Adjective

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    brant

    1. tall, high, steep

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    Declension of brant — Strong
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative brant brant brant
    Accusative brantne brante brant
    Genitive brantes brantre brantes
    Dative brantum brantre brantum
    Instrumental brante brantre brante
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative brante branta, brante brant
    Accusative brante branta, brante brant
    Genitive brantra brantra brantra
    Dative brantum brantum brantum
    Instrumental brantum brantum brantum
    Declension of brant — Weak
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative branta brante brante
    Accusative brantan brantan brante
    Genitive brantan brantan brantan
    Dative brantan brantan brantan
    Instrumental brantan brantan brantan
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative brantan brantan brantan
    Accusative brantan brantan brantan
    Genitive brantra, brantena brantra, brantena brantra, brantena
    Dative brantum brantum brantum
    Instrumental brantum brantum brantum

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    References

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    •   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

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    Noun

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    brant oblique singular, m (oblique plural branz or brantz, nominative singular branz or brantz, nominative plural brant)

    1. alternative form of branc

    Old High German

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    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

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    brant m

    1. burning
    2. fire, fireplace, firepit
    3. something (for) burning
      1. a length of firewood, burning or charred
      2. firebrand, (flaming) torch

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    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

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    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”).

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    brant n

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

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    •   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

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    Etymology

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    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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    brant (comparative brantare, superlative brantast)

    1. steep (sharply inclined)
      Cykla uppför en brant backe
      Ride up a steep slope

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    Inflection of brant
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular brant brantare brantast
    neuter singular brant brantare brantast
    plural branta brantare brantast
    masculine plural2 brante brantare brantast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 brante brantare brantaste
    all branta brantare brantaste

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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    Noun

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    brant c

    1. a steeply sloping side of a landform, a precipice

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    Declension of brant
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite brant brants
    definite branten brantens
    plural indefinite branter branters
    definite branterna branternas

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    • “brant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
    • “brant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
    • “brant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
    • Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

    Vilamovian

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand.

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    brant m

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