Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb edit

byrja (third person singular past indicative byrjaði, third person plural past indicative byrjaðu, supine byrjað)

  1. to begin

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of byrja (group v-30)
infinitive byrja
supine byrjað
participle (a6)1 byrjandi byrjaður
present past
first singular byrji byrjaði
second singular byrjar byrjaði
third singular byrjar byrjaði
plural byrja byrjaðu
imperative
singular byrja!
plural byrjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

byrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byrjaði, supine byrjað)

  1. (transitive) to begin

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse byrja.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

byrja (present tense byrjar, past tense byrja, past participle byrja, passive infinitive byrjast, present participle byrjande, imperative byrja/byrj)

  1. to begin, start
    Synonyms: begynne, starte
    Kva tid byrjar det?
    When does it start?

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse byrja.

Verb edit

byrja (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burt)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of burda

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the noun byrr (fair wind).

Verb edit

byrja

  1. (impersonal with dative) to get (fair) winds
    honum byrjar velhe gets fair wind
    honum byrjar illahe gets foul wind
  2. (impersonal, intransitive) to blow, be windy
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

Verb edit

byrja

  1. (intransitive) to originate
  2. (transitive) to begin
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: byrja
  • Faroese: byrja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byrja
  • Old Swedish: byria
  • Old Danish: byriæ
  • Gutnish: byre

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Germanic *burjaną, with senses possibly from *gaburjaną.

Verb edit

byrja

  1. (impersonal with dative) to be due, beseem
    sem byrjar lyðnum syni oc litillatom
    as befits an obedient and humble son
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  • byrja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.