brydes
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bryːðəs/, [ˈb̥ʁyðð̩s]
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
brydes (past tense brødes, past participle brødes)
- (deponent, also figuratively) to wrestle (with the preposition med)
- 2008, Lars Husum, Mit venskab med Jesus Kristus: roman, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 177:
- ... Jeppe griber fat i mig. Vi brydes lidt.
- ... Jeppe seizes me. We wrestle for a little while.
- 1873, Georg Brandes, Hovedstrømninger i det 19de aarhundredes litteratur: Den romantiske skole i Tydskland, page 203:
- ... kom op paa Taget — saa vil vi brydes med hinanden, og den, som støder den anden ned, er Konge og tør drikke Blod.
- ... come up onto the roof — then we shall wrestle with each other, and whoever pushes the other down is king and dares to drink blood.
- 2003, Bo Kampmann Walther, Laterna Magica:
- ... en mængde teoretiske og mere spekulative diskussioner, vi brydes med.
- ... a bunch of theoretical and more speculative discussions with which we wrestle.
Conjugation
References
- “brydes” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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