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bitr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *bitraz, whence also Old English biter (English bitter), Old Saxon bittar (Low German bitter), Old High German bittar (German bitter).

Adjective edit

bitr

  1. bitter

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: bitur
  • Faroese: bitur
  • Old Swedish: biter, bitter, beter
    • Swedish: bitter (under Low German influence)
  • Danish: biderhvas (compound with hvass)

References edit

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