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Pra in meaning is similar to that of ; brëhen, ‘to light, shine,’ may also have exercised some influence, as well as , the abstract of which could only be a form identical with. and braht, ‘noise,’ like the   breahtm, may be traced to a  root ƀrah, ‘to make a noise.’   ,, ‘to stamp, impress,’ from the  prœchen, brœchen, which come from*brâhhjan, a derivative of ?. Akin to brœch, ‘stamp, impression.’  ,, ‘to parade, vaunt, boast,’ from prâlen, ‘to make a noisy parade, shout’;  the   brallen and pralen, as well as  to brawl. Its connection with brailer, ‘to bawl,’ and  bragal, ‘to brag, bawl,’ is uncertain.  ,, ‘ferryboat, punt,’ only, borrowed from ;   praam, ‘transport,’  pram,  prámr,  prame. The whole of the cognates are derived from ;  pramŭ, which is connected with the Aryan root par, ‘to carry across,’ preserved in   ( faran).  ,, ‘to strike, rebound,’ from pręllen ( pralte), ‘to strike violently against, recoil.’ Further references are wanting. ,, ‘to make a parade, display,’ from prangen, brangen, ‘to adorn oneself, boast’ ; origin obscure. Its relation to the following word is uncertain.  ,, from the  pranger, branger, , ‘stocks, pillory.’ It is impossible to regard this word as a euphemistic term connected with , on account of  prang, ‘pressure, oppression,’ prangen, ‘to press, squeeze,’ pranger, ‘iron collar, barnacles, cooper's hook,’   prong, ‘fork.’ These words show that   (the   have ) is connected with  praggan,  pfrengen, ‘to crowd, oppress.’ The further history of the word is obscure.  ,, ‘to crackle, rustle,’ from the  prasteln, brasteln,  *brastalôn;  the   brastlian. These words are connected, like brasten,  brastôn, ‘to crack,’ with the    brëstan,  brësten, ‘to break.’ ,, ‘to riot, carouse,’ only, from  brassen, ‘to gorman - dise’ (akin to bras, ‘feast’). brass, ‘cook,’ and brasa, ‘glowing coal’ ( brese,  brasa), may be connected with it. ,, ‘to preach,’ from the  prędigen, brędigen,  prędigôn, brędigôn (brêdiôn); corresponding to  prędigôn,  prediken. Borrowed in the period from the ecclesiastical  and  prœdicâre ( prêcher, whence  preach,  predicare), from which  pridchim, ‘I preach,’ is also derived. —  ,, ‘sermon’; ;  brędige, brędigât,  brędiga (brędia) and brędigunga.   ,, ‘price, cost, prize, reward,’ from prîs (brîs), , ‘praise, splendour, noble deed’; borrowed in the 12th  from  prîs ( prix), whence also  price, prize,  prijs. The ultimate source is prĕtium (whence also  prezzo). The expression has nothing to do with this word, but is due rather to the   dar presa;  presa ( to  prise), ‘seizure, booty catch,’ may be traced back to  prœhendere. further.   ,, ‘cranberry,’ only; the  variants , ,  seem to indicate a  *briuȥelbere; their relation to the   brusina, bruslina,  brùknė,  brūklene is not quite clear.  ,, ‘to praise, commend,’ from prîsen,  , ‘to assign the prize, praise, extol’ (in the 15th  it passed over to the  ); formed from  priser, ‘to value, estimate’ (  prezzare,  prĕtiare), whence  prijzen,  to praise. With regard to the period at which the word was borrowed. ,, ‘to swindle, cheat,’ ‘to squeeze, push’;  identical with  , which see.  ,, ‘press, pressure, strait, printing-press’; from presse;  prësse,  prëssa (pfrëssa), ‘winepress,’ is like the   presse (persa),  presse, an earlier loan-word from  pressa. prësse, ‘crowd, throng,’ is connected with the  presse. <section end="Presse" /> <section begin="Priamel" /> ,, from the late  preambel, priamel, ‘a short gnomic poem,’ which is derived from  praeambulam, ‘proverb.’ <section end="Priamel" /> ,, ‘to prick, goad,’