bräken
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Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish brækne, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).[1] Compare Danish bregne, English bracken.
Noun[edit]
bräken c
- A fern, especially the bracken fern Pteris aquilina.
References[edit]
- ^ “bracken”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.