Bráð

Old Icelandic Dictionary - bráð

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "bráð" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bráð Old Icelandic word can mean:

bráð
I)
bráð
f. meat, raw flesh; varmar bráðir, the corpses of the newly slain.
bráð
II)
bráð
n. tar, pitch.
bráð
III)
bráð
f. haste, only used in adverb. phrases, í ~, soon, shortly, = bráðliga; bæði í ~ ok lengðar, now and ever.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚦ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
n.
neuter.
adverb.
adverbially.

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