býr

See also: byr and BYR

Icelandic

Etymology

See búa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːr̥/

Verb

býr

1. third-person singular present indicative of búa

Old Norse

Noun

býr m

1. Alternative form of bǿr

Descendants

• Icelandic: býr
• Faroese: býur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: by
• Swedish: by
• Danish: by
  • Norwegian Bokmål: by
• → Old English: bȳ
  • Middle English: -by (in placenames)
    • English: -by (in placenames)

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press