burðr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *burþiz f, from *beraną (“to bear”).
Noun edit
burðr m (genitive burðar, plural burðir)
- carriage, bearing
- birth
- fœtus (the thing born), offspring
- (plural only) birth, extraction
- heiðinn at burðum
- heathen at birth
Declension edit
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Declension of burðr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Derived terms edit
- afburðr m (“superiority”)
- atburðr m (“occurrence”)
- burðamunr m (“difference of birth”)
- burðardagr m (“birthday”)
- burðarmaðr m (“bearer, carrier”)
- burðarsveinn m (“errand boy”)
- burðartíð f (“birth-time”)
- burðartími m (“birth-time”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: burður
- Faroese: burður
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: byrþ, byrþe, biurdh, børdh, ᛒᛦᚱᚦ
- Swedish: börda
- Danish: byrd
- Old Gutnish: byrþ
References edit
- burðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.