branc
See also: brãnc
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom branca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbranc m (plural brancs)
- a large branch
Further reading
edit- “branc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand, flaming sword, sword”), from Frankish *brand (“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant (“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand (“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr (“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at brand.
Noun
editbranc oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural branc)
- blade of a sword
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- En la cervele li fist le branc baignier.
- He bathed his blade in his brain.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (brant)
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