byrr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”). Cognate with Old English byre.

Noun edit

byrr m

a fair wind

Declension edit

Declension of byrr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byrr	byrrinn	byrir	byrirnir
accusative	byr	byrinn	byri	byrina
dative	byr	byrinum	byrjum	byrjunum
genitive	byrjar	byrjarins	byrja	byrjanna

Descendants edit

Icelandic: byr

References edit

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

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