Brath

Alternative forms

• breth, breith, brethe, braith, berth, berthe Scotland

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 Proto-Indo-European *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.

Full definition of brath

Adjective

1. (UK dialectal) Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

Synonyms

• snell

Derived terms

• brathly

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

Noun

1. (UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.----