byrgja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse byrgja, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną. Cognate with English bury. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪrca/ Rhymes: -ɪrca Homophone: birgja === Verb === byrgja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byrgði, supine byrgt) to cover (a window or doorway), to shut [with accusative] to hold in (an emotion or feeling) [with accusative] to obstruct, to hinder [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to hide, keep safe”). === Verb === byrgja (singular past indicative byrgði, plural past indicative byrgðu, past participle byrgðr) to close, shut [with accusative] (figurative) to outwit ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== byrgi n (“enclosure, fence”) byrging f (“enclosure, fence”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: byrgja === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “byrgja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive