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bryti

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

bryti m (genitive singular bryta, nominative plural brytar)

  1. purser, steward

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bryti

  1. (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)

  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

More information singular, plural ...

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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