bregða

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛɣða/
    Rhymes: -ɛɣða

Verb

bregða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative brá, third-person plural past indicative brugðu, supine brugðið)

  1. (impersonal) to be startled, to be shocked, to be taken aback
    Mér brá.
    I was startled.
  2. (transitive, governs the dative) to move quickly, to jerk, (of a sword) to brandish, to draw
    • Matthew 26:52 (English and Icelandic)
      Jesús sagði við hann: „Slíðra sverð þitt! Allir, sem sverði bregða, munu fyrir sverði falla.“
      "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
  3. (impersonal) to appear briefly
    Skrímslinu brá fyrir í skugganum.
    The monster appeared in the shadow.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • bregð
  • bregða fyrir
  • bregða fæti fyrir
  • bregða sér
  • bregðast
  • bregðast illa við
  • bregðast vel við
  • bregðast við

See also

Old Norse

Verb

bregða (singular past indicative brá, plural past indicative brugðu, past participle brogðit)

  1. to turn around, flip

Conjugation
Conjugation of bregða — active (strong class 3)
infinitive bregða
present participle bregðandi
past participle brogðinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular bregð brá
2nd-person singular bregðr brátt
3rd-person singular bregðr brá
1st-person plural bregðum brugðum
2nd-person plural bregðið brugðuð
3rd-person plural bregða brugðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bregða brygða
2nd-person singular bregðir brygðir
3rd-person singular bregði brygði
1st-person plural bregðim brygðim
2nd-person plural bregðið brygðið
3rd-person plural bregði brygði
imperative present
2nd-person singular bregð
1st-person plural bregðum
2nd-person plural bregðið
Conjugation of bregða — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive bregðask
present participle bregðandisk
past participle brogðizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular bregðumk brugðumk
2nd-person singular bregzk brázk
3rd-person singular bregzk brásk
1st-person plural bregðumsk brugðumsk
2nd-person plural bregðizk brugðuzk
3rd-person plural bregðask brugðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bregðumk brygðumk
2nd-person singular bregðisk brygðisk
3rd-person singular bregðisk brygðisk
1st-person plural bregðimsk brygðimsk
2nd-person plural bregðizk brygðizk
3rd-person plural bregðisk brygðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular bregzk
1st-person plural bregðumsk
2nd-person plural bregðizk
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