broddr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz.

Noun

broddr m

1. spike
2. a kind of shaft
3. sting (of an insect)
4. prick, goad
5. the front of a column or body of men
6. the prime (of one's life)

Derived terms

• brodda
• broddhǫgg
• broddskot
• broddspjót
• broddstafr
• broddstǫng
• broddǫr

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: broddur
• Faroese: broddur
• → Middle English: brodd, brod, brad (partly)
  • English: brod, brad
• Norwegian: brodd (“tip, shoot; elk hair; sting, stinger”), brodde
• Old Swedish: brodder
  • Swedish: brodd
• Danish: brod