byggð

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *byggð, bygð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.

Pronunciation

Noun

byggð f (genitive singular byggðar, nominative plural byggðir)

  1. settlement, inhabited area

Declension

    Declension of byggð
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative byggð byggðin byggðir byggðirnar
accusative byggð byggðina byggðir byggðirnar
dative byggð byggðinni byggðum byggðunum
genitive byggðar byggðarinnar byggða byggðanna

Old Norse

Participle

byggð

  1. inflection of byggðr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural