beðr

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See also: Bedr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *badją.

Noun

beðr m (genitive beðjar, plural beðir)

bolster, bedding

Declension

Declension of *beðr* (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beðr	beðrinn	beðir	beðirnir
accusative	beð	beðinn	beði	beðina
dative	beð, beði	beðinum	beðjum	beðjunum
genitive	beðjar	beðjarins	beðja	beðjanna

Related terms

beðja f (“bedfellow”)

Descendants

Icelandic: beður m, beð n
Faroese: beður m, beð n
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bedd
Old Swedish: *bädh, bädhil
- Swedish: bädd c
  - → Finnish: peti

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

page/45 Internet Archive]

J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on beðr.

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