bryti
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bryti m (genitive singular bryta, nominative plural brytar)
Declension edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
bryti
- (dialectal, nonstandard, informal) past participle of bryte, broken
Synonyms edit
Old Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
- brytæ (Jutlandic)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bryti, a nominalization of brytja (“to cut up, slaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *brutjaną (“to break, divide”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bryti m (genitive bryta, plural brytar)
- (Scania) bailiff, steward
- c. 1210, "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.
- […] þa fari brytin til tuiggia þinga […]
- […] then the bailiff must attend two assemblies […]
- c. 1210, "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.
Declension edit
Declension of bryti (Scanian system)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bryti | brytin | brytar | brytarnir |
| accusative | bryta | brytan | bryta | brytana |
| dative | bryta | brytanum | brytum | brytunum |
| genitive | bryta | brytans | bryta | brytanna |
| The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse. | ||||
Descendants edit
- Danish: bryde