bryggja

See also: bryggia

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪt͡ʃːa
• Homophone: bryggjað
• Hyphenation: bryg‧gja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną.

Verb

bryggja (third person singular past indicative bryggjaði, third person plural past indicative bryggjað, supine bryggjað)

1. (transitive) to brew

Conjugation

Conjugation of bryggja (group v-30)
infinitive	bryggja
supine	bryggjað
participle (a6)1	bryggjandi	bryggjaður
	present	past
first singular	bryggji	bryggjaði
second singular	bryggjar	bryggjaði
third singular	bryggjar	bryggjaði
plural	bryggja	bryggjaðu
	imperative
singular	bryggja!
plural	bryggjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, plural bryggjur)

1. (nautical) quay, wharf

Declension

Declension of bryggja
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryggja	bryggjan	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
accusative	bryggju	bryggjuna	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
dative	bryggju	bryggjuni	bryggjum	bryggjunum
genitive	bryggju	bryggjunnar	bryggja	bryggjanna

References

• "bryggja" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Noun

bryggja f (genitive singular bryggju, nominative plural bryggjur)

1. pier

Declension

Declension of bryggja
f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryggja	bryggjan	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
accusative	bryggju	bryggjuna	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
dative	bryggju	bryggjunni	bryggjum	bryggjunum
genitive	bryggju	bryggjunnar	bryggja	bryggjanna

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Old Norse *bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”), a class 2 strong verb. It would have been the verb of the actually attested Old Norse past participle brugginn. Compare with Old Swedish bryggia.

Verb

bryggja

1. to brew

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryggja

References

• “brygge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bryggje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian bryggja (“to brew”), from the unattested infinitive Old Norse *bryggja of the actually attested past participle brugginn. From earlier Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European [Term?] root *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Alternative forms

• brygga, brygge, bryggje

Verb

bryggja (present tense bryggjer or bryggjar, past tense brygde or bryggja, passive infinitive bryggjast, present participle bryggjande, imperative brygg)

1. to brew

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bryggja

1. (pre-2012 or dialectal) alternative form of bryggje
2. definite singular of bryggje

References

• “bryggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, whence also English bridge.

Noun

bryggja f (genitive bryggju)

1. (nautical) pier, gangway

Declension

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryggja	bryggjan	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
accusative	bryggju	bryggjuna	bryggjur	bryggjurnar
dative	bryggju	bryggjunni	bryggjum	bryggjunum
genitive	bryggju	bryggjunnar	bryggna	bryggnanna

  Declension of bryggja (weak jōn-stem)

Related terms

• brú

Descendants

• Icelandic: bryggja
• Faroese: bryggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brygge, bryggje, brygga, bryggja
• Norwegian Bokmål: brygge
• Old Swedish: bryggia, ᛒᚱᛦᚵᚵᛁᛆ
  • Swedish: brygga
• Danish: brygge
• → Middle English: brig, brigg, bryg, bregg
  • Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
    • → English: brig, brigg

References

• bryggja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.