býr

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See also: byr and BYR

Icelandic

Etymology

See búa.

Pronunciation

Verb

býr

  1. third-person singular present indicative of búa

Old Norse

Noun

býr m

  1. Alternative form of bǿr

Descendants

  • Icelandic: býr
  • Faroese: býur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: by
  • Swedish: by
  • Danish: by
    • Norwegian Bokmål: by
  • Old English:
    • Middle English: -by (in placenames)
      • English: -by (in placenames)

References

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