bryde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bryːðə/,

Etymology 1

From Old Danish bryti, brytæ, from Old Norse bryti, from Proto-Germanic *brutjô, cognate with Old English brytta. Derived from *breutaną (“to break”) (see below).

Noun

bryde c (singular definite bryden, plural indefinite bryder)

1. (archaic) steward (a man managing another person’s estate)

Declension

References

• “Bryde,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Danish brytæ, from Old Norse brjóta, from Proto-Germanic *breutaną, cognate with Norwegian bryte, Swedish bryta.

Verb

bryde (past tense brød, past participle brudt)

1. (transitive) to break (to cause to end up in two or more pieces or to make an opening in something)
2. (transitive) to break, violate (a rule or rules)
3. (intransitive, tennis) to break (to win a game as receiver)
4. (transitive, physics) to refract (to cause a wave to change direction)
5. (passive voice) to wrestle - see brydes

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• “bryde,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bryde,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German brǖden (“to fuck > to trouble”), cognate with German bräuten (“to fuck > to trouble”, archaic, dialect). Derived from the noun brūt / Braut (“bride, (slang) girlfriend”). In modern Danish, the verb has merged with the former one phonetically and morphologically, but it has a distinct form in the other Scandinavian languages, cf. Swedish bry (with the past tense brydde).

Verb

bryde (past tense brød, past participle brudt)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to trouble, bother
2. (reflexive) to care for, like (with the preposition om)

   Jeg bryder mig ikke om smagen af fisk.

   I don't care for the taste of fish.

Conjugation

References

• “bryde,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bryde,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Middle English

Noun

bryde

1. Alternative form of bride