brit.
To break in pieces; divide.
Meaning & usage
To break in pieces; divide.
To bruise; indent.
To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
To fade away; alter.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English brytten, brutten, from Old English brittian, bryttian (“to divide, dispense, distribute, rule over, possess, enjoy the use of”), from Proto-Germanic *brutjaną (“to break, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *breutaną (“to destroy, crush, break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd- (“to break”). Cognate with Icelandic brytja (“to chop up, break in pieces, slaughter”), Swedish bryta (“to break, fracture, cut off”), Danish bryde (“to break”), and outside the Germanic family with Albanian brydh (“to make crumbly, friable, soft”). Related to Old English brytta (“dispenser, giver, author, governor, prince”), Old English brēotan (“to break in pieces, hew down, demolish, destroy, kill”).
One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Middle English bret or birt, applied to a different kind of fish. See bret.
brit milah
A covenant, specifically that between God and the Jewish people.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Hebrew בְּרִית.
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