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bryti
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
bryti m (genitive singular bryta, nominative plural brytar)
Declension
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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
bryti
- (dialectal, nonstandard, informal) past participle of bryte, broken
Synonyms
Old Danish
Alternative forms
- brytæ (Jutlandic)
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)
- (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 […]
- c. 1210, "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.
Declension
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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