býr

See also: byr and BYR

Icelandic

Etymology

See búa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːr̥/

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 c
  • Danish: by c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: by
  • → Old English: bȳ
    • Middle English: -by (in placenames)
      • English: -by (in placenames)

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