Reconstruction:Old English/brytel

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brutil. Equivalent to *bryttan +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbry.tel/

Adjective

*brytel

1. easily broken, brittle

   Synonym: *brotul

Declension

Declension of *brytel — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*brytel	*brytel	*brytel
Accusative	*brytelne	*brytele	*brytel
Genitive	*bryteles	*brytelre	*bryteles
Dative	*brytelum	*brytelre	*brytelum
Instrumental	*brytele	*brytelre	*brytele
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*brytele	*brytela, *brytele	*brytel
Accusative	*brytele	*brytela, *brytele	*brytel
Genitive	*brytelra	*brytelra	*brytelra
Dative	*brytelum	*brytelum	*brytelum
Instrumental	*brytelum	*brytelum	*brytelum

Declension of *brytel — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*brytela	*brytele	*brytele
Accusative	*brytelan	*brytelan	*brytele
Genitive	*brytelan	*brytelan	*brytelan
Dative	*brytelan	*brytelan	*brytelan
Instrumental	*brytelan	*brytelan	*brytelan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*brytelan	*brytelan	*brytelan
Accusative	*brytelan	*brytelan	*brytelan
Genitive	*brytelra, *brytelena	*brytelra, *brytelena	*brytelra, *brytelena
Dative	*brytelum	*brytelum	*brytelum
Instrumental	*brytelum	*brytelum	*brytelum

Related terms

• brēotan
• brytsen

Descendants

• Middle English: bretel, brutil, bretil, brutel, britel, britil, brutyll, bretyll, brytylle, bruttle (conflated with descendant of Old English *brotul)
  • English: brittle
  • Scots: brittle