brekka

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛʰkːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰkːa

Noun

brekka f (genitive singular brekku, plural brekkur)

1. slope, hillside, acclivity

Declension

Derived terms

• kavabrekka
• mótbrekka

Related terms

• fjall
• tindur
• berg
• brattur

See also

• brek

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛhka/

  Rhymes: -ɛhka

Noun

brekka f (genitive singular brekku, nominative plural brekkur)

1. a slope, a hillside

Declension

Synonyms

• (slope): hlíð

Derived terms

• mannvitsbrekka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *brenka

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, a variant of *brinkaz.

Noun

brekka f (genitive brekku, plural brekkur)

1. slope

Declension

Derived terms

• brekkubrún
• brekkumegin
• brekkumunr

Related terms

• bringa

Descendants

• Icelandic: brekka
• Faroese: brekka
• Norwegian: brekke
• Swedish: bräkka, brikka
• → Middle English: brinke, brynke, brenk, brink, brynkke, brynk, brenke, bryncke (also from Middle Low German brink)
  • English: brink
  • Scots: brink

References

• “brekka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "brekka" on page 69 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).