UrsprungFrom Old Swedish bragþ (“rapid move; invention, artifice”), from a Old Norse bragð (“action”). Compare Norwegian bragd f (“manner, appearance, action”), bragd n (“light, glimt”) (compare Swedish bragda (“to shine, to twinkle”)), Old Norse bragð (“moment, action, trick, appearance, change, figure on cloth”).
Related to förebrå, brå, brås, also, Old Swedish bregþa (“to transform, to reproach”, literally “to move quick”), Old Norse bregða (“to move quickly, to flutter”), related to Old Norse bráðr, Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“quick”).
- common-genderan extraordinary performance or deed
- common-genderan act of bravery, a heroic deed
- form-of, participle, pastpast participle of bringa
Formerbragd(indefinite, nominative, singular) · bragds(genitive, indefinite, singular) · bragden(definite, nominative, singular) · bragdens(definite, genitive, singular) · bragder(indefinite, nominative, plural) · bragders(genitive, indefinite, plural) · bragderna(definite, nominative, plural) · bragdernas(definite, genitive, plural)