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)

1. a bride

Declension

Declension of brúðr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “brúðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 73; also available at the Internet Archive