Timeline for What's the meaning of the word "brand" in the expression "brand new"?
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| Jan 4, 2012 at 11:35 | comment | added | Jan Aagaard | In Danish, brand means fire. We don't use brand together with new, but we say brand god, which means really good. :) | |
| Dec 29, 2011 at 8:25 | comment | added | Torben Gundtofte-Bruun | FWIW, in German it's also still called brandneu. | |
| Dec 13, 2011 at 8:28 | comment | added | Kris | How can one merge their answer with another's (I mean, the way to do it)? | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 11:55 | comment | added | Unreason | The synonym span-new (fresh from the chisel) supports this, too. | |
| Dec 11, 2011 at 23:41 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | Is it possible to merge this answer with Henry's? Your's would add more detail to his, which is essentially the same, and got there first? | |
| Dec 11, 2011 at 23:35 | history | answered | Bjorn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |