bryti

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

bryti m (genitive singular bryta, nominative plural brytar)

  1. purser, steward

Declension

Declension of bryti (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bryti brytinn brytar brytarnir
accusative bryta brytann bryta brytana
dative bryta brytanum brytum brytunum
genitive bryta brytans bryta brytanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bryti

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, informal) past participle of bryte, broken

Synonyms

Old Danish

FWOTD – 13 April 2019

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bryti, a nominalization of brytja (“to cut up, slaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *brutjaną (“to break, divide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bryti m (genitive bryta, plural brytar)

  1. (Scania) bailiff, steward
    • c. 1210, "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.
      þa fari brytin til tuiggia þinga
      then the bailiff must attend two assemblies

Declension

Declension of bryti (Scanian system)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bryti brytin brytar brytarnir
accusative bryta brytan bryta brytana
dative bryta brytanum brytum brytunum
genitive bryta brytans bryta brytanna
The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.

Descendants

  • Danish: bryde
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