brodd

brodd

1. indefinite accusative singular of broddur

Inherited from Old Norse broddr. First attested in 1698 by Jacob Laugesen Bork.

Also attested by David Klim in the 17th century in plural form as brollar, but with a narrower definition as «horseshoe crampons».

• IPA^(key): /brɔdː/

brodd m (definite singular brodden, indefinite plural broddar, definite plural broddane)

1. a stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack)

   Når humler stikk, mister dei brodden sin.

   When bumblebees sting, they lose their stinger.

2. (chiefly in the plural) a crampon (attachment to shoes for providing traction on ice)

   Eldre blir oppmoda til å bruka broddar om vinteren.

   Elderly people are encouraged to use crampons in wintertime.

• “brodd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

brodd c

1. (usually in the plural) (each of the spikes in) an ice cleat (shoe or boot attachment with small spikes)
2. (agriculture) crop seedlings
3. a (type of) fragrant grass

• hässlebrodd (“American milletgrass, Milium effusum”)
• vårbrodd (“sweet vernal grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum”)
• åbrodd (“southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum”)

• dobb (“cleat, stud (on sports shoes)”)
• dubb (“cleat, stud”)
• stegjärn (“crampon”)

• brodd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brodd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brodd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)