bǿr

See also: boer, Boer, bóer, bôer, bör, bær, -boer, and Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• býr
• bœr (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From the root of the verb búa.

Noun

bǿr m (genitive bǿjar, plural bǿir)

1. farm
2. town

Declension

  Declension of bǿr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǿr	bǿrinn	bǿir	bǿirnir
accusative	bǿ	bǿinn	bǿi	bǿina
dative	bǿ	bǿnum	bǿjum	bǿjunum
genitive	bǿjar	bǿjarins	bǿja	bǿjanna

In late Old Norse there is also an attested genitive singular biar (bíar), which has come down in Faroese as bíggjar.

Descendants

• Old English: bȳ
  • Middle English: -by (in placenames)
    • English: -by (in placenames)
• Faroese: bøur m, Bøur m (placename)
• Icelandic: bær m
• Norwegian: bø m, Bø m (placename)