adv.
WA brathly
'suddenly; fiercely, wretchedly; violently'
(Modern English )Formed on adj. broþe; cp. OIcel bráðliga.
PGmc Ancestor
*brēða- or *brēþa-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
bráðr ‘immediate, sudden, harsh, fierce, rash'; cp. bráðliga 'immediately, suddenly'
(ONP bráðr (adj.), cp. bráðliga (adv.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far bráður, Icel bráður, Nor bråd, Dan brad, Sw bråd
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
ON /ɑ:/ < PGmc */e:/ (1)
[ON fricative /ð/ < PGmc */ð/] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
A1c
Confined almost entirely to texts from N and E.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 2377; Cl 1030, 1256; Pat 474; WA 1214, 2211