byrja

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to begin

Conjugation

Conjugation of byrja (group v-30)
infinitive byrja
supine byrjað
participle (a6)1 byrjandi byrjaður
present past
first singular byrji byrjaði
second singular byrjar byrjaði
third singular byrjar byrjaði
plural byrja byrjaðu
imperative
singular byrja!
plural byrjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to begin

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse byrja.

Alternative forms

Verb

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?

Etymology 2

From Old Norse byrja.

Verb

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of burda

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the noun byrr (fair wind).

Verb

byrja

  1. (impersonal with dative) to get (fair) winds
    honum byrjar velhe gets fair wind
    honum byrjar illahe gets foul wind
  2. (impersonal, intransitive) to blow, be windy
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

Verb

byrja

  1. (intransitive) to originate
  2. (transitive) to begin
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: byrja
  • Faroese: byrja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byrja
  • Old Swedish: byria
  • Old Danish: byriæ
  • Gutnish: byre

Etymology 3

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

Verb

byrja

  1. (impersonal with dative) to be due, beseem
    sem byrjar lyðnum syni oc litillatom
    as befits an obedient and humble son
Conjugation
Descendants

References

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