bráð

• IPA^(key): /ˈprauːð/

  Rhymes: -auːð

Inherited from Old Norse bráð, related to býti (“exchange”). Cognate with Old English brad and German Brat.

bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, nominative plural bráðir)

1. prey, victim

   Synonym: fórnarlamb n

2. game (wild animals hunted for food)

   Synonym: villibráð

• “bráð” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen

Inherited from Old Norse bráð.

bráð f (genitive singular bráðar, no plural)

1. haste used in fixed expressions

• í bráð (“for the time being, at the moment”)

• bráðum
• bráður

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bráð

1. inflection of bráður:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

From Proto-Germanic *brēdô m (“flesh, muscle”), whence ultimately also English brawn.

bráð f (genitive bráðar, plural bráðir)

1. meat, raw flesh

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bráð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 67; also available at the Internet Archive