byrja

From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

byrja (third person singular past indicative byrjaði, third person plural past indicative byrjaðu, supine byrjað)

1. to begin

From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪrja/

  Rhymes: -ɪrja

byrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byrjaði, supine byrjað)

1. (transitive) to begin

• byrjandi
• byrjun

• IPA^(key): /²bʏrjɑ/

From Old Norse byrja.

• byrje (e-infinitive)

byrja (present tense byrjar, past tense byrja, past participle byrja, passive infinitive byrjast, present participle byrjande, imperative byrja/byrj)

1. to begin, start

   Synonyms: begynne, starte

   Kva tid byrjar det?

   When does it start?

From Old Norse byrja.

byrja (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burt)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of burda

• “byrja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From the noun byrr (“fair wind”).

byrja

1. (impersonal with dative) to get (fair) winds

   honum byrjar vel ― he gets fair wind

   honum byrjar illa ― he gets foul wind

2. (impersonal, intransitive) to blow, be windy

From Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

byrja

1. (intransitive) to originate
2. (transitive) to begin

• Icelandic: byrja
• Faroese: byrja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: byrja
• Old Swedish: byria
  • Swedish: börja
• Old Danish: byriæ
  • Danish: børje, burde
  • Scanian: børja
• Gutnish: byre

From Proto-Germanic *burjaną, with senses possibly from *gaburjaną.

byrja

1. (impersonal with dative) to be due, beseem

   sem byrjar lyðnum syni oc litillatom

   as befits an obedient and humble son

• Norwegian Nynorsk: burda, burde, byrja, byrje (“should”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: burde (“should”)
• Old Swedish: böra
  • Swedish: böra (“should”)

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