bryþen

bryþen

Old English

Alternative forms

• bryðen, *breoðen

Etymology

Possibly West Saxon form of Anglian *breoðen, from *bruþą (“broth”) + diminutive suffix Proto-Germanic *-īną (small brewing), or from an unrecorded weak verb Proto-Germanic *bruþijaną (“to make a broth”) + noun suffix Proto-Germanic *-īniz (as in byrgen, selen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰru-to-, from the same root as Old English brēowan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-, *bʰreh₁w-. More at brew and broth.

Noun

bryþen n

1. brewing, drink, beverage

   Bryðen wæs ongunnen, ðætte Adame Eue gebyrmde æt fruman worulde

   A drink was begun, that for Adam Eve fermented at the beginning of the world

   Ān bryðen mealtes

   One brewing of malt

Inflection

Declension of bryþen (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bryþen	bryþena, bryþene
accusative	bryþene	bryþena, bryþene
genitive	bryþene	bryþena
dative	bryþene	bryþenum

Synonyms

• drenc

Related terms

• broþ

Descendants

• Middle English: brēth, brethen, breþen, bruþen, bryð, breyt, briuþ