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Trant vs Brant - What's the difference?

trant | brant |

As a verb trant

is .

As a proper noun brant is

.

trant

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tranten, from or cognate with (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To walk; go about.
  • To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
  • To turn; play a trick.
    • Derived terms
    * tranter

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) trant, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A turn; trick; stratagem.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) ----

    brant

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain but similar to brandgas (sheldrake).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla .

    • See also

    * ("brant" on Wikipedia) * (Branta)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr .

    Alternative forms

    * brent

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
  • * Ascham
    • Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  • (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
  • * Burns
    • Your bonnie brow was brent .
    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (transitive )

    Verb

    (head)
    • ----