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branc

branc

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

branc m ‎(oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural branc)

  1. blade of a sword
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      En la cervele li fist le branc baignier.
      He bathed his blade in his brain.

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (brant)

Etymology

From Old Frankish *brand, *brant ‎(“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz ‎(“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- ‎(“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant ‎(“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand ‎(“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr ‎(“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at brand.

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