brauð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prøyːð/

  Rhymes: -øyːð

Noun

brauð n (genitive singular brauðs, nominative plural brauð)

1. (uncountable) bread
2. loaf of bread

   Synonyms: brauðhleifur, hleifur

3. a living
4. the office of parson or vicar

Declension

Declension of brauð (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brauð	brauðið	brauð	brauðin
accusative	brauð	brauðið	brauð	brauðin
dative	brauði	brauðinu	brauðum	brauðunum
genitive	brauðs	brauðsins	brauða	brauðanna

Derived terms

• brauðhleifur
• brauðmylsna (“breadcrumbs, breadcrumb”)
• flatbrauð
• hrökkbrauð (“crispbread”)

 

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old English brēad (English bread), Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (German Low German Brot, Broot), Dutch brood, Old High German brōt (German Brot).

Noun

brauð n (genitive brauðs, plural brauð)

1. bread

Declension

  Declension of brauð (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brauð	brauðit	brauð	brauðin
accusative	brauð	brauðit	brauð	brauðin
dative	brauði	brauðinu	brauðum	brauðunum
genitive	brauðs	brauðsins	brauða	brauðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: brauð
• Faroese: breyð
• Norn: brow, brau
• Norwegian Nynorsk: braud
• Elfdalian: broð
• Old Swedish: brø̄þ
  • Swedish: bröd
    • Elfdalian: bröð
• Old Danish: brøth
  • Danish: brød
    • Norwegian Bokmål: brød
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: brød (also through Bokmål)