vrèssan

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German frezzen, from Old High German frezzan, firezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (to devour, eat up, consume). Cognate with German fressen, English fret.

Verb

vrèssan (strong class 5 , third-person singular present indicative vrisset, past participle gavrèsset, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni, of animals) to eat, consume, devour
    Dar bòlf hat gavrèsset 's lèmple.
    The wolf devoured the little lamb.

Conjugation

References

  • “brèssan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo