byrging

Old Norse

Etymology

From byrgja (“to close, shut”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

byrging f

1. fence, enclosure
2. close, conclusion, end

Declension

Declension of byrging (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byrging	byrgingin	byrgingar	byrgingarnar
accusative	byrging	byrgingina	byrgingar	byrgingarnar
dative	byrgingu	byrgingunni	byrgingum	byrgingunum
genitive	byrgingar	byrgingarinnar	byrginga	byrginganna

Related terms

• byrgi

Further reading

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