bryngen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrinɡən/

Verb

bryngen (third-person singular simple present bryngeth, present participle bryngynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative broghte, past participle broght)

  1. to bring; to (physically) convey or deliver towards
  2. to deliver or provide (news, an argument, etc.)
  3. to put; to set or bring onto.
    • c. 1375, “Book V”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß [] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2), Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 17, verso, lines 408-410; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
      All þe wictalis owtane ſalt / Als quheyt and flour ⁊ meill ⁊ malt / In þe wyne sellar geꝛt he bꝛyng []
      All the food except for salt, / like wheat, flour, meal, and malt, / he went to put in the wine-cellar []
  4. to bring about; to create; to occasion:
    1. to supply, contribute; to provide with
    2. to bring, lead (in(to) or out (of) a quality)
    3. to modify (something) into (something else)
    4. (rare) to cause (to do); to induce

Usage notes

This verb is often used as part of phrasal verb constructions.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: bring
  • Scots: bring
  • Yola: ee-brougkt (ppl)

References

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