breyta

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse breyta, causative of brjóta (to break), from Proto-Germanic *breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-. Cognate with Old English ābrīetan (to break).[1][2]

Noun

breyta f (genitive singular breytu, nominative plural breytur)

  1. (mathematics) variable
    Synonyms: breytistærð, breytileg stærð
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Etymology 2

Verb

breyta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative breytti, supine breytt)

  1. to change, to modify, to alter
    • Judges 2:19
      En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.
      But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
    • Partý Jesús
      Jesús breytti vatni í vín,
      já, Jesús breytti vatni í vín
      hann má koma í partý til mín!
      Jesus turned water into wine,
      yes, he turned water into wine,
      he can come party with me!
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References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “breyta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  2. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 56