bryþen

Old English

Alternative forms

• *breoðen
• bryðen — edh spelling

Etymology

Possibly West Saxon form of Anglian *breoðen, from Proto-West Germanic *broþ, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”) + *-īną (diminutive suffix, literally “small brewing”), or from *bruþijaną (“to make a broth”) + *-īniz (noun-forming suffix). In either case, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbry.θen/, [ˈbry.ðen]

Noun

bryþen n

1. brewing, drink, beverage

   Ān bryðen mealtes

   One brewing of malt

Declension

Declension of bryþen (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bryþen	bryþena, bryþene
accusative	bryþene	bryþena, bryþene
genitive	bryþene	bryþena
dative	bryþene	bryþenum

Synonyms

• drenċ

Related terms

• broþ

Descendants

• Middle English: brēth, brethen, breþen, bruþen, bryð, breyt, briuþ