English Explanatory Dictionary

brath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.
noun
  1. Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.

Word forms

brath brather more brath brathest most brath breth breith brethe braith berth berthe

Etymology

From Middle English brath, broth, braith, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður (“quick, hasty, excited”), Swedish bråd (“hasty, sudden, urgent”), Danish bråd (“hasty, sudden”). Related to breath, brew.

Synonyms

snell

Derived words

brathly
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