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bröd

en tomte som matar en häst med bröd [a tomte feeding bread to a horse]

From Old Swedish brø̄þ, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognate with Dutch brood, German Brot, English bread, Danish brød, Icelandic brauð.

bröd n

  1. (countable, uncountable) bread
    hembakat bröd
    homemade [homebaked] bread
    en limpa bröd / brödlimpa
    a loaf of bread
    en brödskiva / skiva bröd
    a slice of bread
    leva på vatten och bröd
    live on bread and water
    Giv [dated, traditional – usually ge] oss idag vårt dagliga bröd
    Give us today our daily bread

Since bröd is sometimes pronounced /brøː/ (without the final /d/), it is sometimes treated as a vowel final neuter word like spö (“rod”) with the definite singular bröt, plural brön, definite plural bröna, compare träd.