brydning

Danish

/bryðneŋ/

noun
Definitions
  • breaking
  • mining, hewing
  • (in the plural) conflict
  • (physics) refraction bending of waves
  • (linguistics) breaking a change of a vowel to a diphthong
  • (sport) wrestling

Etymology

Affix from Danish bryde (break), brydes (wrestle).

Origin

Danish

brydes

Gloss

wrestle

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