brolägga
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]brolägga (present brolägger, preterite brolade, supine brolagt, imperative brolägg)
- to pave (a road with timber or stones)
- Vägen var här till en del brolagd, men omgifven af djupa grafvar
- The road was here partially paved, but surrounded by deep trenches
- Vägen var här till en del brolagd, men omgifven af djupa grafvar
- to bridge, to build a bridge (across a water, a marshland)
- Kölden brolade sundet
- The cold built a bridge (of ice) across the sound
- Kölden brolade sundet
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | brolägga | broläggas | ||
| supine | brolagt | brolagts | ||
| imperative | brolägg | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | broläggen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | brolägger | brolade | broläggs, brolägges | brolades |
| ind. plural1 | brolägga | brolade | broläggas | brolades |
| subjunctive2 | brolägge | brolade | brolägges | brolades |
| present participle | broläggande | |||
| past participle | brolagd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.