eldertongue

Old English · noun

brand

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/brɑnd/
Syllables
brɑnd (1 syllable)
Modern English
blightfirebrandbrand

Meaning

  1. firebrand; torch

  2. blight (disease of plants)

  3. a sword

    Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.

    A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of brand
SingularPlural
Nominative brandbrandas
Accusative brandbrandas
Genitive brandesbranda
Dative brandebrandum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Descendants

brand

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