bryti

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɪːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɪːtɪ

Noun

bryti m (genitive singular bryta, nominative plural brytar)

1. purser, steward

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bryti

1. (dialectal, nonstandard, informal) past participle of bryte, broken

Synonyms

• brutt (Bokmål)
• brote (Nynorsk)

Old Danish

FWOTD – 13 April 2019

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbryːtə/

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

Declension of bryti (Scanian system)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryti	brytin	brytar	brytarnir
accusative	bryta	brytan	bryta	brytana
dative	bryta	brytanum	brytum	brytunum
genitive	bryta	brytans	bryta	brytanna
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