Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb

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byrja (third person singular past indicative byrjaði, third person plural past indicative byrjaðu, supine byrjað)

  1. to begin

Conjugation

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Conjugation of byrja (group v-30)
infinitive byrja
supine byrjað
participle (a6)1 byrjandi byrjaður
present past
first singular byrji byrjaði
second singular byrjar byrjaði
third singular byrjar byrjaði
plural byrja byrjaðu
imperative
singular byrja!
plural byrjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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byrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byrjaði, supine byrjað)

  1. (transitive) to begin

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse byrja.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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byrja (present tense byrjar, past tense byrja, past participle byrja, passive infinitive byrjast, present participle byrjande, imperative byrja/byrj)

  1. to begin, start
    Synonyms: begynne, starte
    Kva tid byrjar det?
    When does it start?

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse byrja.

Verb

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byrja (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burt)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of burda

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From the noun byrr (fair wind).

Verb

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byrja

  1. (impersonal with dative) to get (fair) winds
    honum byrjar velhe gets fair wind
    honum byrjar illahe gets foul wind
  2. (impersonal, intransitive) to blow, be windy
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

Verb

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byrja

  1. (intransitive) to originate
  2. (transitive) to begin
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: byrja
  • Faroese: byrja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byrja
  • Old Swedish: byria
  • Old Danish: byriæ
  • Gutnish: byre

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Germanic *burjaną, with senses possibly from *gaburjaną.

Verb

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byrja

  1. (impersonal with dative) to be due, beseem
    sem byrjar lyðnum syni oc litillatom
    as befits an obedient and humble son
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References

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  • byrja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.