Noun: brigge
| Sg. | brigge |
| Pl. | brigges; bruggen |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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At Trompẏngton / nat fer fro Cantebrẏgge / Ther gooth a brook / and ouer that a brẏgge (At Trumpington, not far from Cambridge, / There goes a brook, and over it a bridge.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Reue”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 51, recto:]
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Of hurdles of bruggen þeẏ made floꝛes / And so þeẏ wente in to þe moꝛes / Þer þeẏ fouȝte and þeẏ slowe / Mo men þen ẏnowe (From the slats of bridges they made floors / and with [them] they travelled into the moors / There they fought and vanquished / More than enough men […]) [c. 1340 [c. 1175], Kẏng Alıſaundre (Lincoln's Inn MS. Hale 150), Shropshire, translation of Roman de toute chevalerie by Thomas de Kent (in Anglo-Norman), published c. 1400, folio 72, verso; republished as Alysaunder, London: The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn Rare Books and Manuscripts Online, 4 April 2023:]
Nouns inflected like brigge
brigge,
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bryċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. The final vowel is generalised from Old English inflected forms, while Northern forms with /ɡ/ are likely influenced by or even borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. See: Old Norse Nouns '
bryggja'.
Verbs referencing "brigge"
English Nouns
bridge.
Translations