adj.
Cl broþelych
'wild, vile'
(Modern English )Formed on adj. broþe; cp. OIcel bráðligr.
PGmc Ancestor
*brēða- or *brēþa-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
bráðr ‘immediate, sudden, harsh, fierce, rash'; cp. bráðligr 'immediate, sudden, violent'
(ONP bráðr (adj.), cp. bráðligr (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far bráður, Icel bráður, Norw 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
The only other citation in MED and OED is from ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 848, 1030
Anderson and GollCl read the instance at Cl 1030 as the adv. broþely.