brath

adj, noun — 2 senses

brath

adj

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.

1

UK, Dialectal Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

Synonyms
snell
Derived terms
brathly

brath

noun

Etymology From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above.

1

UK, Dialectal Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.