bryggja
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną.
VerbEdit
bryggja (third person singular past indicative bryggjaði, third person plural past indicative bryggjað, supine bryggjað)
- to brew
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
NounEdit
bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, plural bryggjur)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bryggja | ||||
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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 alsoEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, nominative plural bryggjur)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
Middle NorwegianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
VerbEdit
bryggja
- to brew
DescendantsEdit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bryggja
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 formsEdit
VerbEdit
bryggja (present tense bryggjer or bryggjar, past tense brygde or bryggja, passive infinitive bryggjast, present participle bryggjande, imperative brygg)
- to brew
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
bryggja
ReferencesEdit
- “bryggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, whence also English bridge.
NounEdit
bryggja f (genitive bryggju)
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
- bryggja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.