bregða.
to startle, to shock, to take aback [with preceding dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as “be startled”, “be shocked”, or “be taken aback”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Meaning & usage
to startle, to shock, to take aback [with preceding dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as “be startled”, “be shocked”, or “be taken aback”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Mér brá.
to move quickly, to jerk, (of a sword) to brandish, to draw
to cause to appear briefly [with preceding dative ‘someone’ and fyrir] (idiomatically translated as “appear briefly”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Skrímslinu brá fyrir í skugganum.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse bregða.
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