bregne

From Middle Danish brækne, from Old Norse (related to Swedish bräken (“fern”)), from Proto-Germanic *brak- (“bushes, undergrowth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

• IPA^(key): /brajnə/, [ˈb̥ʁɑjnə]

bregne c (singular definite bregnen, plural indefinite bregner)

1. fern
2. bracken

• “bracken”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “bregne” in Gammeldansk Ordbog

•   bregne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Bregner

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Related to Danish bregne, English bracken, and Swedish bräken

bregne f or m (definite singular bregna or bregnen, indefinite plural bregner, definite plural bregnene)

1. a fern

• “bregne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Bregnar

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Related to Danish bregne, English bracken, and Swedish bräken

bregne m (definite singular bregnen, indefinite plural bregnar, definite plural bregnane)

1. a fern

• “bregne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.