bringa

• bringan

From Old High German bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥riŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: brin‧ga

bringa (past participle bråcht)

1. (transitive) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear
2. (transitive) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany
3. (ditransitive) to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something)
4. (transitive, with zan, zum, z' and nominalized verb, or with dazua and z' infinitive or dåss clause, or with dazua as a demonstrative) to get, to cause (someone to do something)
5. (transitive, often with wås or nix) to accomplish; to yield
6. (intransitive) to deliver; to perform well
7. (transitive, with hinter + reflexive pronoun) to get over with
8. (transitive, with certain phrases, formal) To cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect.

   in Eiklång bringen ― to reconcile

   z'Foi bringa ― to bring down

   in Gång bringa ― to initiate

   in Ordnung/Urdnung bringa ― to put in order

   aufn Punkt bringa ― to get to the point

   in Sicherheit bringa ― to bring to safety

   in Verbindung bringa ― to associate

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bringa f (genitive singular bringu, plural bringur)

1. breast, chest

• bróst
• boppa
• favnur
• barmur

• brenga

From Proto-Celtic *brīnika (“twig”), cognate with Welsh brwyn (“rushes”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiŋɡa̝/

bringa f (plural bringas)

1. twig of osier
2. wood sheet used in the elaboration of baskets

• bringuelo (“tall and slender”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bringa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bringa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bringa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Of uncertain origin. Possibly formed by conversion from an unattested stem + -a (obsolete present-participle suffix) (compare hinta (“swing”)). The stem may be of onomatopoeic origin and may be related to búg (“to boom, hum, coo”). Alternatively, possibly a blend of bricska (“britchka, buggy”) +‎ inga. First attested in 1924.

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• Hyphenation: brin‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

bringa (plural bringák)

1. (informal) bike

   Synonyms: bicikli, kerékpár, (informal) bicaj, bicó

• bringa, mostly redirecting to kerékpár (not available yet) and bicikli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Old Norse bringa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriŋka/

  Rhymes: -iŋka

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, nominative plural bringur)

1. breast, chest

• bringubein
• skjóta skelk í bringu (“to give a scare”)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bringa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “bringa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

bringa f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer or bringor, definite plural bringene or bringone)

1. definite singular of bringe
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of bringe

bringa

1. alternative form of brenga

From Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”).

bringa f (genitive bringu)

1. chest, brisket

• Icelandic: bringa
• Faroese: bringa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bringe
• Danish: bringe
• Swedish: bringa

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bringa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Portuguese brigar and Kabuverdianu briga.

bringa

1. to fight

From Old Norse bringa.

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bringa c

1. a breast, a chest; chiefly if wide
2. meat from the chest part of an animal

• oxbringa

Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian, bringan.

Compare Dutch brengen, German bringen, English bring, West Frisian bringe.

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bringa (present bringar, preterite bringade or bragte, supine bringat or bragt, imperative bringa)

1. (archaic) to bring; to transport toward someone else
   • 1865, O helga natt, translation of 1843 Cantique de Noël (known in English as O Holy Night).

     Uti din slav du ser en älskad broder
     Och se, din ovän blir dig kär
     Från himlen bragte frälsaren oss friden
     För oss han nedsteg i sin stilla grav

     In thy slave thou seest a beloved brother
     And see, thy enemy becomes thee dear
     From heaven the Saviour brought us peace
     For us he stepped down into his still grave

2. (archaic) to get someone to do something

• bringa om livet
• frambringa
• tillbringa
• uppbringa
• återbringa

• ta med

• bringa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bringa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)