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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

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brandr m (genitive brands, plural brandar)

  1. brand, firebrand
  2. fire
    Synonym: eldr
  3. sword; sword blade
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: brandur
  • Faroese: brandur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brand, brann
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brann
  • Old Swedish: brander
  • Old Danish: brand

References

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  • brandr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press