Brath

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage. UK, dialectal, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Hasty; violent; fierce; strong. UK, dialectal

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snellsnell

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above.

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