Brant (brănt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zoöl.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

Brant, a. [See Brent.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]

{ Brent (&?;), Brant } (&?;), a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.] 1. Steep; high. [Obs.]

Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
Ascham.

2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]

Your bonnie brow was brent.
Burns.

• A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla).
  
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• Wikipedia article Old Norse language. Accessed August 5, 2005.