bygd
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish bygd, Old Norse byggð, a derivation from Old Norse byggva, byggja (“to build, dwell”) (cf. Danish bygge). In modern Danish, the noun has been reintroduced from Norwegian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bygd
- small, remote collection of houses, especially on Greenland or the Faroe Islands; a settlement
Declension edit
Declension of bygd
See also edit
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun edit
bygd f (genitive singular bygdar, plural bygdir)
Usage notes edit
There's no distinction between a village and a hamlet in Faroese.
Declension edit
Declension of bygd | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bygd | bygdin | bygdir | bygdirnar |
accusative | bygd | bygdina | bygdir | bygdirnar |
dative | bygd | bygdini | bygdum | bygdunum |
genitive | bygdar | bygdarinnar | bygda | bygdanna |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bygd
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bygd f or m (definite singular bygda or bygden, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)
- country district or settlement (which forms a topographical and usually administrative unit (parish, township))
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
bygd
- past participle of bygge
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun edit
bygd f (plural bygder)
- country district or settlement (as above)
Declension edit
Declension of bygd (ō-stem)
Landsmål declension of bygd (ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bygd
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish byghþ, from Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bygd c
Declension edit
Declension of bygd | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bygd | bygden | bygder | bygderna |
Genitive | bygds | bygdens | bygders | bygdernas |
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- bygd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bygd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)