"brath" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: brather [comparative], more brath [comparative], brathest [superlative], most brath [superlative]
Rhymes: -æθ 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brath}} Middle English brath, {{m|enm|broth}} broth, {{m|enm|braith}} braith, {{der|en|non|bráðr||hasty, sudden}} Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*brēþaz||hot, in a hurry, rushed}} Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰrē-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰerē-||steam, vapour}} *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰer-||to seethe, toss about, cook}} *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”), {{cog|is|bráður||quick, hasty, excited}} Icelandic bráður (“quick, hasty, excited”), {{cog|sv|bråd||hasty, sudden, urgent}} Swedish bråd (“hasty, sudden, urgent”), {{cog|da|bråd||hasty, sudden}} Danish bråd (“hasty, sudden”), {{l|en|breath}} breath, {{l|en|brew}} brew Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} brath (comparative brather or more brath, superlative brathest or most brath)
  1. (UK dialectal) Hasty; violent; fierce; strong. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms: snell Derived forms: brathly
    Sense id: en-brath-en-adj-KlCl--7Q Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breth, breith, brethe, braith, berth, berthe [Scotland]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Rhymes: -æθ Etymology: From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brath}} Middle English brath, {{der|en|non|bráð||haste}} Old Norse bráð (“haste”), {{m|non|bráðr||hasty}} bráðr (“hasty”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} brath (uncountable)
  1. (UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage. Tags: UK, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brath-en-noun-UM79AZB~ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breth, breith, brethe, braith, berth, berthe [Scotland]
Etymology number: 2

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