brúðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūdiz, whence also Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (brūþs), Old Saxon brūd, Old English brȳd (English bride), Old High German brūt (German Braut).

Noun

brúðr f (genitive brúðar, dative brúði, plural brúðir)

a bride

Declension

Declension of brúðr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brúðr	brúðrin	brúðir	brúðirnar
accusative	brúði	brúðina	brúðir	brúðirnar
dative	brúði	brúðinni	brúðum	brúðunum
genitive	brúðar	brúðarinnar	brúða	brúðanna

Coordinate terms

brúðgumi

Descendants

Icelandic: brúður
Faroese: brúður
Norwegian Nynorsk: brud, brur
Norwegian Bokmål: brud
Jamtish: brúðr
Old Swedish: brūþ, ᛒᚱᚢᚦ
- Swedish: brud
Danish: brud
Old Gutnish: bruþ (accusative singular)
- Gutnish: braud, bräud

References

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

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