byrd

See also: Byrd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse burðr m (“bearing, birth”), byrð f (“ancestry”), from Proto-Germanic *burdiz ~ *burþiz, cognate with Swedish börd, English birth and German Geburt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyrˀd/, [ˈb̥yɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

byrd c (singular definite byrden, not used in plural form)

1. descent, birth, heritage

Declension

Declension of byrd

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	byrd	byrden
genitive	byrds	byrdens

Derived terms

• efterbyrd
• jernbyrd
• vidnesbyrd