Old English · adjective

brant

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /brɑnt/
Syllables: brɑnt (1 syllable)
Modern English: tall brant steep high

Meaning

tall, high, steep

Declension

Strong declension of brant
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
Nominative	brante	branta brante	brant
Accusative	brante	branta brante	brant
Genitive	brantra	brantra	brantra
Dative	brantum	brantum	brantum
Instrumental	brantum	brantum	brantum

Weak declension of brant
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
Nominative	brantan	brantan	brantan
Accusative	brantan	brantan	brantan
Genitive	brantra brantena	brantra brantena	brantra brantena
Dative	brantum	brantum	brantum
Instrumental	brantum	brantum	brantum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brant, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz (“high, steep, towering”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”), related to Old Norse brant (“precipice”), Old Norse bretta (“to lift up, raise”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”). Cognate also with Old Norse brattr (“steep, towering, harsh, difficult”), Old Swedish branter, Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian bratt, Swedish brant.

Descendants

brant

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