óbyrja
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ó- (“un”) + *byrja (“woman who gives birth”). Second element zero-grade agent noun formed to bera (“to carry; to bear (children)”).
Noun
[edit]óbyrja f (genitive óbyrju, plural óbyrjur)
Declension
[edit] Declension of óbyrja (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | óbyrja | óbyrjan | óbyrjur | óbyrjurnar |
accusative | óbyrju | óbyrjuna | óbyrjur | óbyrjurnar |
dative | óbyrju | óbyrjunni | óbyrjum | óbyrjunum |
genitive | óbyrju | óbyrjunnar | óbyrjna | óbyrjnanna |
References
[edit]- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)