bǿr

See also: boer, Boer, bóer, bôer, bör, bær, -boer, and Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• býr
• bœr — alternative spelling

Etymology

From the root of the verb búa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbøːr/

Noun

bǿr m (genitive bǿjar, plural bǿir)

1. farmhouse, farmstead
2. farm, landed estate
3. town

Declension

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

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǿr	bǿrinn	bǿir	bǿirnir
accusative	bǿ	bǿinn	bǿi	bǿina
dative	bǿ	bǿnum	bǿjum, bjám, bjóm	bǿjunum, bjánum, bjónum
genitive	bǿjar, bjár	bǿjarins, bjárins	bǿja, bjá	bǿjanna, bjánna

Note the possible breaking in the genitive singular, and the genitive and dative plural forms.

In late Old Norse there is also an attested genitive singular biar (bíar), which has come down in Faroese as bíggjar.

Descendants

• Icelandic: bær m
• Faroese: bøur m, Bøur m (placename)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bø m, Bø (placename)
• Norwegian Bokmål: bø m, Bø (placename)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bœr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive