bjǫrk

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See also: björk, bjørk, Bjǫrk, and Björk

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berkō.

Noun

bjǫrk f (genitive bjarkar)

birch, birch tree

Declension

Declension of bjǫrk (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjǫrk	bjǫrkin	bjarkar	bjarkarnar
accusative	bjǫrk	bjǫrkina	bjarkar	bjarkarnar
dative	bjǫrk	bjǫrkinni	bjǫrkum	bjǫrkunum
genitive	bjarkar	bjarkarinnar	bjarka	bjarkanna

Related terms

birki-
birkinn (“birchen”)
birkja f (“birch-juice”)

Descendants

Icelandic: björk
Faroese: bjørk
Norwegian: bjørk; (dialectal) bjerk (< bjarkar), børk
- → Danish: bjørk, bjerk
  - Norwegian Bokmål: bjørk, bjerk
Elfdalian: byörk
Old Swedish: biork
- Swedish: björk
Old Danish: birk, *biork
- Danish: birk
Gutnish: bjärk
Scanian: birk

References

björk in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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