Bregða

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bregða Old Icelandic word can mean:

bregða

(bregð; brá, brugðum; brugðinn), v. with dat.

bregða

1) to cause to move (quickly);

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~ sverði, knífi, to draw a sword, knife;

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~ fingri, hendi í e-t, to put (thrust) the finger, hand, into;

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hón brá hárinu undir belti sér, she put (fastened) her hair under her belt;

bregða

~ kaðli um e-t, to pass a rope round a thing;

bregða

~ augum sundr, to open the eyes;

bregða

~ e-m á eintal, to take one apart;

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~ sér sjúkum, to feign illness;

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2) to deviate from, disregard (vér höfum brugðit af ráðum þínum);

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3) to alter, change;

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~ lit, litum, to change colour, to turn pale;

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~ e-m í e-s líki, to turn one (by spell) into another shape (þú brátt þér í merar líki);

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4) to break up, leave off, give up;

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~ tjöldum, to strike the tents;

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~ samvist, to leave off living together;

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~ ráðahag, to break off an engagement (wedding);

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~ boði, to countermand a feast;

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~ sýslu, to leave off working;

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~ svefni, blundi, to awake;

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~ tali, to break off talking;

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~ orrustu, kaupi, to break off a battle, bargain;

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5) to break (~ trúnaði, heiti, sáttmáli);

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6) ~ e-m e-u, to upbraid, reproach one with a thing (Kálfr brá mér því í dag);

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7) with prepp.,

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~ e-m á loft, to lift one aloft;

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~ e-u á, to give out, pretend (hann brá á því, at hann mundi ríða vestr til Miðfjarðar);

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absol., ~ á e-t, to begin (suddenly) doing a thing;

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~ á leik, to begin playing or sporting;

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Kimbi brá á gaman, took it playfully, laughed at it;

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þeir brugðu á glímu ok á glens, they started wrestling and playing;

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hestrinn brá á leik, broke into play, ran away;

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hönd bregðr á venju, is ready for its old work;

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þá brá Ingimundr til útanferðar, I. started to go abroad;

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~ e-u undan, to put it out of the way, to hide it;

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~ upp hendi, höndum, to hold up the hand;

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~ e-u við, to ward off with (~ við skildi); fig. to put forth as an example, to praise, wonder at (þínum drengskap skal ek við ~);

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absol., ~ við, to start off, set about a thing without delay;

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brá hann við skjótt ok fór, he started off at once and went;

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8) refl., ~st;

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9) impers., e-u bregðr, it ceases, fails;

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svá hart, at nyt bregði (to drive the ewes) so fast that they fail to give milk;

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veðráttu brá eigi, there was no change in the weather;

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of a sudden appearance, kláða brá á hvarmana, the eye-lids began to itch;

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þá brá ljóma af Logafjöllum, then from L. there burst flashes of light;

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ljósi bregðr fyrir, a light passes before the eye;

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with preps., bregðr af vexti hans frá öðrum selum, his shape differs from that of other seals;

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e-m bregðr í brún, one is amazed, startled (nú bregðr mönnum í brún mjök);

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e-m bregðr til e-s, one person takes after, resembles another;

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en því bregðr mér til foreldris míns, in that I am like my father;

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þat er mælt, at fjórðungi bregði til fóstrs, the fostering makes the fourth part of a man;

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e-m bregðr við e-t = e-m bregðr í brún;

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brá þeim mjök við, er þeir sá hann inn ganga, it startled them much when they saw him come in;

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en þó brá fóstru Melkorku mest við þessi tíðindi, this news most affected M.’s nurse.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᚴᚦᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary