atburðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From at- +‎ burðr.

Noun

atburðr m (genitive atburðar, plural atburðir)

1. occurrence, event
2. incident, circumstance
3. chance, accident
4. attack
5. gesture

Declension

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

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	atburðr	atburðrinn	atburðir	atburðirnir
accusative	atburð	atburðinn	atburði	atburðina
dative	atburð	atburðinum	atburðum	atburðunum
genitive	atburðar	atburðarins	atburða	atburðanna

Derived terms

• atburðalauss (“uneventful”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: atburður m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åtburd m
• Old Swedish: atbyrdh f
  • Swedish: åtbörd c or f
• Danish: adbyrd, adbærd
• Old Gutnish: atbyrþr
• → Scots: adber, adbert, atvird

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “atburðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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