broddr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz.
Noun
broddr m
- spike
- a kind of shaft
- sting (of an insect)
- prick, goad
- the front of a column or body of men
- the prime (of one's life)
Derived terms
- brodda
- broddhǫgg
- broddskot
- broddspjót
- broddstafr
- broddstǫng
- broddǫr
Descendants
- Icelandic: broddur
- Faroese: broddur
- → Middle English: brodd, brod, brad (partly)
- English: brod, brad
- Norwegian: brodd (“tip, shoot; elk hair; sting, stinger”), brodde
- Old Swedish: brodder
- Swedish: brodd
- Danish: brod