brung

English

Etymology

Perhaps by analogy with other strong verbs, but compare also the Old English past forms brunge, brungon and past participle variant brungen (“brought”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Verb

brung

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) simple past and past participle of bring
    • 1999, Thomas Berger, “Deadwood”, in The Return of Little Big Man, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 11:
      I had enough left for coffee and two orders of beans and bread, the second of which I made sandwiches from and brung them back for my brother Bill.
    • 2017, Loren D. Estleman, Shoot: A Valentino Mystery:
      Who's the pretty filly you brung along?
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