Bregða

Viking Language Dictionary - bregða

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "bregða"

bregða
vb (III) [w dat] to move quickly; draw, brandish (a weapon); break (faith or an oath); turn, alter, change; break off, leave off, give up; bregða við [e-u] to ward off with, parry with [sth]; bregðask mid fail, come to nothing; bregðask [e-m] deceive, disappoint [sb]; bregðask í [e-t] shapechange, turn into [sth]

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛒᚱᛁᚴᚦᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛒᚱᛁᚴᚦᛆ

Abbreviations used:

dat
dative
e-m
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
e-t
einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
e-u
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
f
feminine
mid
middle voice
n
neuter
sb
somebody
sth
something
vb
verb
w
with
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