byrja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪɹja/ === Verb === byrja (third person singular past indicative byrjaði, third person plural past indicative byrjaðu, supine byrjað) to begin ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪrja/ Rhymes: -ɪrja === Verb === byrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative byrjaði, supine byrjað) (transitive) to begin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== byrjandi byrjun == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === (to begin): bydja, byrre, børja (dialectal) byrje (e-infinitive) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²bʏrja/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse byrja. ==== Verb ==== byrja (present tense byrjar, past tense byrja, past participle byrja, passive infinitive byrjast, present participle byrjande, imperative byrja/byrj) to begin, start Synonyms: begynne, starte === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse byrja. ==== Verb ==== byrja (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burt) (pre-2012) alternative form of burda === References === “byrja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From the noun byrr (“fair wind”). ==== Verb ==== byrja (impersonal) to blow (in a specified way) [with dative ‘for someone’] honum byrjar vel ― he gets fair wind (literally, “it blows well for him”) honum byrjar illa ― he gets foul wind (impersonal, intransitive) to blow, be windy ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *burjaną. ==== Verb ==== byrja (intransitive) to originate (transitive) to begin ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: byrja Faroese: byrja Norwegian Bokmål: børje (dialectal) Norwegian Nynorsk: byrja; bydja, byrre, børja, børje (dialectal) Old Swedish: byriaSwedish: börja Old Danish: byriæ Danish: børje, burde Scanian: børja Gutnish: byre === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Germanic *burjaną, with senses possibly from *gaburjaną. ==== Verb ==== byrja (impersonal) to befit, to beseem [with dative ‘someone’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Nynorsk: burda, burde, byrja, byrje (“should”) Norwegian Bokmål: burde (“should”) Old Swedish: böra Swedish: böra (“should”) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “byrja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 81; also available at the Internet Archive