byrr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”). Cognate with Old English byre.

Noun

byrr m

  1. a fair wind

Declension

  Declension of byrr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative byrr byrrinn byrir byrirnir
accusative byr byrinn byri byrina
dative byr byrinum byrjum byrjunum
genitive byrjar byrjarins byrja byrjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: byr
  • Danish: bør (dated)

References

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