Bráð
Old Norse Dictionary - bráð
Meaning of Old Norse word "bráð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bráð can mean:bráð
- bráð
- 1. n. tar, pitch, Fms. viii. 217, Anecd. 60, Vm. 21, Sks. 28, Krók. 57; fúna undir bráðinu, Fær. 195.
- bráð
- 2. f. (broþ, Bs. i. 341), denoting haste (cp. bráðr), but only used in adverb. phrases, í bráð, at the moment, Sturl. i. 58, Ld. 302, Bs. l. c.; bráð ok lengðar (mod. í bráð og lengd), now and ever, Fms. i. 281.
- bráð
- II. in many compds, meaning rash, sudden, hot.
- bráð
- COMPDS: bráðabugr, bráðafangs, bráðasótt, bráðaþeyr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- adverb.
- adverbially.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)