birkja

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === birkja f (definite singular birkja, indefinite plural birkjer or birkjor, definite plural birkjene or birkjone) (pre-2012) alternative form of bjørkje definite singular of birkje (non-standard since 2012) == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ. ==== Noun ==== birkja f (genitive birkju) birch juice ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== birki- birkinn (“birchen”) bjǫrk f (“birch”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: birkja Norwegian Nynorsk: byrkje, birkje, bjørkje ===== Further reading ===== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “birkja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Etymology 2 === From bǫrkr (“bark”). ==== Verb ==== birkja (singular past indicative birkti, plural past indicative birkta, past participle birktr) to bark, to strip off the bark from a tree ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Nynorsk: berkja ===== Further reading ===== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “birkja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive “birkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.