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bregða

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bregða.

Pronunciation

Verb

bregða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative brá, third-person plural past indicative brugðu, supine brugðið)

  1. (impersonal) to be startled, to be shocked, to be taken aback
    Mér brá.
    I was startled.
  2. to move quickly, to jerk, (of a sword) to brandish, to draw [with dative]
    • Matthew 26:52 (English and Icelandic)
      Jesús sagði við hann: „Slíðra sverð þitt! Allir, sem sverði bregða, munu fyrir sverði falla.“
      "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
  3. (impersonal) to appear briefly
    Skrímslinu brá fyrir í skugganum.
    The monster appeared in the shadow.

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

Derived terms

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, move about”).

Verb

bregða (singular past indicative brá, plural past indicative brugðu, past participle brugðinn)

  1. to turn around, flip
  2. to brandish a sword

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...
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