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Webster 1913 Edition
Brant
Brant
(brănt)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
A species of wild goose (
Branta bernicla
) – called also brent
and brand goose
. The name is also applied to other related species. Brant
,Adj.
[See
Brent
.] Steep.
[Prov. Eng.]
{
, Brent
,Brant
}Adj.
[AS.
brant
; akin to Dan. brat
, Icel. brattr
, steep.] 1.
Steep; high.
[Obs.]
Grapes grow on the
brant
rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.
2.
Smooth; unwrinkled.
[Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was
brent
. Burns.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brant
BRANT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Brant
brant
brant
English
Noun
brant (plural brants or brant)
- Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
Translations
wild geese of the genus Branta
See also
-
brant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
-
Branta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
From Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian bratt, Swedish brant).
Alternative forms
Adjective
brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)
- (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
- Ascham
- Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
- Ascham
- (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
- Burns
- Your bonnie brow was brent.
- Burns
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- brente (transitive)
Verb
brant
- intransitive simple past of brenne
Old English
Alternative forms
- bront
Etymology
Cognate with Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian bratt, Swedish brant).
Pronunciation
Adjective
brant
Declension
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, -e | brant |
| Accusative | brante | branta, -e | 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 |
Descendants
Old French
Noun
brant m (oblique plural branz or brantz, nominative singular branz or brantz, nominative plural brant)
- Alternative form of branc
Old Norse
Noun
brant ?
- (Eastern dialect) precipice
References
- Old Norse language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia . Accessed August 5, 2005.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse brantr, brattr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian bratt, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).
Pronunciation
Adjective
brant (comparative brantare, superlative brantast)
- steep (near-vertical)
Declension
| Inflection of brant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | brant | brantare | brantast |
| Neuter singular | brant | brantare | brantast |
| Plural | branta | brantare | brantast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | brante | brantare | brantaste |
| All | branta | brantare | brantaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||
Related terms
- branthet