bráð

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprauːð/

  Rhymes: -auːð

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”)

Related terms

• bráðum
• bráður

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

References

• bráð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.