bryggja

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See also: bryggia

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną.

Verb

bryggja (third person singular past indicative bryggjaði, third person plural past indicative bryggjað, supine bryggjað)

  1. (transitive) to brew
Conjugation
Conjugation of bryggja (group v-30)
infinitive bryggja
supine bryggjað
participle (a6)1 bryggjandi bryggjaður
present past
first singular bryggji bryggjaði
second singular bryggjar bryggjaði
third singular bryggjar bryggjaði
plural bryggja bryggjaðu
imperative
singular bryggja!
plural bryggjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, plural bryggjur)

  1. (nautical) quay, wharf
Declension
Declension of bryggja
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bryggja bryggjan bryggjur bryggjurnar
accusative bryggju bryggjuna bryggjur bryggjurnar
dative bryggju bryggjuni bryggjum bryggjunum
genitive bryggju bryggjunnar bryggja bryggjanna

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, nominative plural bryggjur)

  1. pier

Declension

Declension of bryggja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bryggja bryggjan bryggjur bryggjurnar
accusative bryggju bryggjuna bryggjur bryggjurnar
dative bryggju bryggjunni bryggjum bryggjunum
genitive bryggju bryggjunnar bryggja bryggjanna

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Old Norse *bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”), a class 2 strong verb. It would have been the verb of the actually attested Old Norse past participle brugginn. Compare with Old Swedish bryggia.

Verb

bryggja

  1. to brew

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bryggja

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian bryggja (“to brew”), from the unattested infinitive Old Norse *bryggja of the actually attested past participle brugginn. From earlier Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Alternative forms

Verb

bryggja (present tense bryggjer or bryggjar, past tense brygde or bryggja, passive infinitive bryggjast, present participle bryggjande, imperative brygg)

  1. to brew

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bryggja

  1. (pre-2012 or dialectal) alternative form of bryggje
  2. definite singular of bryggje

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, whence also English bridge.

Noun

bryggja f (genitive bryggju)

  1. (nautical) pier, gangway

Declension

  Declension of bryggja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bryggja bryggjan bryggjur bryggjurnar
accusative bryggju bryggjuna bryggjur bryggjurnar
dative bryggju bryggjunni bryggjum bryggjunum
genitive bryggju bryggjunnar bryggna bryggnanna

Descendants

References

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