Faroese

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse byggja, byggva. Compare Scots big.

Verb

edit

byggja (third person singular past indicative bygdi, third person plural past indicative bygdu, supine bygt)

  1. to build

Conjugation

edit
Conjugation of byggja (group v-12)
infinitive byggja
supine bygt
participle (a7)1 byggjandi bygdur
present past
first singular byggi bygdi
second singular byggir bygdi
third singular byggir bygdi
plural byggja bygdu
imperative
singular bygg!
plural byggið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse byggja, byggva. Compare Scots big.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

byggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byggði, supine byggt)

  1. to build
  2. to be built
  3. to base
  4. to inhabit

Conjugation

edit

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Alternative forms

edit
  • byggje (e- and split infinitives, also with j-infix)
  • bygga, bygge (without the j-infix)

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse byggja, byggva, from Proto-Germanic *būwijaną.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /²bʏʝːɑ/, [²bʷʏʷʝːɑ], [²bʷʏʷɟ͡ʝːɑ], [²bʷʏʷɟːɑ]

Verb

edit

byggja (present tense byggjer, past tense bygde, past participle bygt/bygd, passive infinitive byggjast, present participle byggjande, imperative bygg)

  1. to build
    Dei skal byggja eit nytt kjøpesenter her.
    They will build a new shopping centre here.

Derived terms

edit
edit

References

edit

Old Norse

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Proto-Germanic *būwijaną (to build, settle).

Alternative forms

edit

Verb

edit

byggja (singular past indicative bygði, plural past indicative bygðu, past participle bygðr)

  1. to settle, build
  2. to inhabit, dwell, live
Conjugation
edit
Descendants
edit
  • Icelandic: byggja
  • Faroese: byggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bygge
  • Old Swedish: byggia
  • Danish: bygge
  • Middle English: biggen

Etymology 2

edit

From Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (to buy, purchase). Cognate with Old English bycgan, Old Saxon buggian, Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan).

Verb

edit

byggja (singular past indicative bygði, plural past indicative bygðu, past participle bygðr)

  1. to let out
  2. to lend money at interest
Conjugation
edit

References

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