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brant

  • adjective
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brant, bront; adj.
High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus
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  • Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe

    that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe.

      Andr. Kmbl. 545-549; An. 273-275.
  • Ðe brontne ceól ofer lagustrǽte lǽdan cwómon

    who came leading a high keel over the water-street,

      Beo. Th. 482; B. 238.
  • Ymb brontne ford

    about the deep ford,

      1140; B. 568.
  • Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþísan

    they let the high ships go over the ocean-wave,

      Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238.
  • [Wrt. Provncl. brant steep: Dan. brat steep: Swed. brant precipitous: Icel. brattr steep.]
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v.  bront.
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