different between brigge vs bigge

English

Noun

brigge (plural brigges)

1. Obsolete form of bridge.

Anagrams

• Bigger, bigger

Middle English

Alternative forms

• brugge, brygge, bregge, brige, brig, bryge, brydge

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bryc?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brid?/, /brud?/, /br?d?/, /bri?/

Noun

brigge (plural brigges)

1. A bridge (structure that crosses river or a divide)
   • c, 1375, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales[1]

     At Trumpyngtoun, nat fer fro Cantebrigge,

     There gooth a brook, and over that a brigge

     At Trumpington not far from Cambridge,

     there goes a brook, and over that a bridge

   1. A retractable bridge; a movable bridge.
   2. An entrance or exit platform.
   3. (figuratively) A straight raised portion of something; e.g. the bridge of a nose.

Descendants

• English: bridge, brig (Northumbrian)
• Scots: brig
• Yola: burge

References

• “bri??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-02.

English

Adjective

bigge

1. Obsolete spelling of big

Middle English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”).

Adjective

bigge

1. big; large; of considerable size

Descendants

• English: big

References

• “bigge, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pi????e/

Verb

b?gge

1. inflection of bieggat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative