bryggja

See also: bryggia

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɪt͡ʃːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪt͡ʃːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną.

Verb

bryggja (third person singular past indicative bryggjaði, third person plural past indicative bryggjað, supine bryggjað)

1. to brew

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, plural bryggjur)

1. pier

Declension

Declension of bryggja
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryggja	bryggjan	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
accusative	bryggju	bryggjuna	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
dative	bryggju	bryggjuni	bryggjum	bryggjunum
genitive	bryggju	bryggjunnar	bryggja	bryggjanna

See also

• gøta
• breyt
• vegur
• brúgv
• sjógvur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Noun

bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, nominative plural bryggjur)

1. pier

Declension

declension of bryggja

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryggja	bryggjan	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
accusative	bryggju	bryggjuna	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
dative	bryggju	bryggjunni	bryggjum	bryggjunum
genitive	bryggju	bryggjunnar	bryggja	bryggjanna

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Middle Norwegian

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Old Norse *bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”), a class 2 strong verb. It would have been the verb of the actually attested Old Norse past participle brugginn. Confer with Old Swedish bryggia.

Verb

bryggja

1. to brew

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryggja

References

• “brygge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bryggje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian bryggja (“to brew”), from the unattested infinitive Old Norse *bryggja of the actually attested past participle brugginn. From earlier Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European [Term?] root *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Alternative forms

• brygga, brygge, bryggje

Verb

bryggja (present tense bryggjer or bryggjar, past tense brygde or bryggja, passive infinitive bryggjast, present participle bryggjande, imperative brygg)

1. to brew

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bryggja

1. (pre-2012 or dialectal) alternative form of bryggje
2. definite singular of bryggje

References

• “bryggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, whence also English bridge.

Noun

bryggja f (genitive bryggju)

1. (nautical) pier, gangway

Declension

  Declension of bryggja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryggja	bryggjan	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
accusative	bryggju	bryggjuna	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
dative	bryggju	bryggjunni	bryggjum	bryggjunum
genitive	bryggju	bryggjunnar	bryggna	bryggnanna

Related terms

• brú

Descendants

• Icelandic: bryggja
• Faroese: bryggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brygge, bryggje
• Norwegian Bokmål: brygge
• Old Swedish: bryggia
  • Swedish: brygga
• Danish: brygge
• Westrobothnian: bryyidj, breeidj
• → Middle English: brig, brigg, bryg, bregg
  • Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
    • → English: brig, brigg

References

• bryggja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.