býta

See also: byta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse býta, from Middle Low German būten, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

Verb

býta (third person singular past indicative býtti, third person plural past indicative býtt, supine býtt)

1. to change
2. to exchange
3. to divide

Conjugation

Conjugation of býta (group v-2)

infinitive	býta
supine	býtt
	present	past
first singular	býti	býtti
second singular	býtir	býtti
third singular	býtir	býtti
plural	býta	býttu
participle (a39)1	býtandi	býttur
	imperative
singular	být!
plural	býtið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• "býta" at Sprotin.fo
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (býta, supplement)
• Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology