bryde

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bryːðə/, [ˈb̥ʁyðð̩] === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish bryti, brytæ, from Old Norse bryti, from Proto-Germanic *brutjô. Cognate with Old English brytta. Derived from *breutaną (“to break”) (see below). ==== Noun ==== bryde c (singular definite bryden, plural indefinite bryder) (archaic) steward (a man managing another person’s estate) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “Bryde,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog === Etymology 2 === From Old Danish brytæ, from Old Norse brjóta, from Proto-Germanic *breutaną, cognate with Norwegian bryte, Swedish bryta. ==== Verb ==== bryde (past tense brød, past participle brudt) (transitive) to break (to cause to end up in two or more pieces or to make an opening in something) (transitive) to break, violate (a rule or rules) (intransitive, tennis) to break (to win a game as receiver) (transitive, physics) to refract (to cause a wave to change direction) (passive voice) to wrestle - see brydes ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== “bryde,1” in Den Danske Ordbog “bryde,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog === Etymology 3 === From Middle Low German brǖden (“to fuck > to trouble”), cognate with German bräuten (“to fuck > to trouble”, archaic, dialect). Derived from the noun brūt / Braut (“bride, (slang) girlfriend”). In modern Danish, the verb has merged with the former one phonetically and morphologically, but it has a distinct form in the other Scandinavian languages, cf. Swedish bry (with the past tense brydde). ==== Verb ==== bryde (past tense brød, past participle brudt) (transitive, obsolete) to trouble, bother (reflexive) to care for, like (with the preposition om) ===== Conjugation ===== ==== References ==== “bryde,2” in Den Danske Ordbog “bryde,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Middle English == === Noun === bryde alternative form of bride