byggja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse byggja, byggva. Compare Scots big.

Verb

byggja (third person singular past indicative bygdi, third person plural past indicative bygdu, supine bygt)

  1. to build

Conjugation

Conjugation of byggja (group v-12)
infinitive byggja
supine bygt
participle (a7)1 byggjandi bygdur
present past
first singular byggi bygdi
second singular byggir bygdi
third singular byggir bygdi
plural byggja bygdu
imperative
singular bygg!
plural byggið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse byggja, byggva. Compare Scots big.

Pronunciation

Verb

byggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byggði, supine byggt)

  1. to build
  2. to be built
  3. to base
  4. to inhabit

Conjugation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • byggje (e- and split infinitives, also with j-infix)
  • bygga, bygge (without the j-infix)

Etymology

From Old Norse byggja, byggva, from Proto-Germanic *būwijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

byggja (present tense byggjer, past tense bygde, past participle bygt/bygd, passive infinitive byggjast, present participle byggjande, imperative bygg)

  1. to build
    Dei skal byggja eit nytt kjøpesenter her.
    They will build a new shopping centre here.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *būwijaną (to build, settle).

Alternative forms

Verb

byggja (singular past indicative bygði, plural past indicative bygðu, past participle bygðr)

  1. to settle, build
  2. to inhabit, dwell, live
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: byggja
  • Faroese: byggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bygge
  • Old Swedish: byggia
  • Danish: bygge
  • Middle English: biggen

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (to buy, purchase). Cognate with Old English bycgan, Old Saxon buggian, Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan).

Verb

byggja (singular past indicative bygði, plural past indicative bygðu, past participle bygðr)

  1. to let out
  2. to lend money at interest
Conjugation

References

  • byggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press