brant
- adjective
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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.
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Ðe brontne ceól ofer lagustrǽte lǽdan cwómon
who came leading a high keel over the water-street,
- Beo. Th. 482; B. 238.
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Ymb brontne ford
about the deep ford,
- 1140; B. 568.
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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.]
Bosworth, Joseph. “brant.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4974.
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