byrd

See also: Byrd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse burðr m (“bearing, birth”), byrð f (“ancestry”), from Proto-Germanic *burdiz ~ *burþiz, cognate with Swedish börd, English birth and German Geburt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbyrˀd/, [ˈb̥yɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

byrd c (singular definite byrden, not used in plural form)

descent, birth, heritage

Declension

Declension of byrd

common gender	Singular
common gender	indefinite	definite
nominative	byrd	byrden
genitive	byrds	byrdens

Derived terms

efterbyrd
jernbyrd
vidnesbyrd

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