birkja

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.

Noun

birkja f (genitive birkju)

1. birch juice

Declension

  Declension of birkja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	birkja	birkjan	birkjur	birkjurnar
accusative	birkju	birkjuna	birkjur	birkjurnar
dative	birkju	birkjunni	birkjum	birkjunum
genitive	birkju	birkjunnar	birkna	birknanna

Related terms

• birki-
• birkinn (“birchen”)
• bjǫrk f (“birch”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørkje f

References

• “birkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From bǫrkr (“bark”).

Verb

birkja (singular past indicative birkti, plural past indicative birkta, past participle {{{3}}})

1. to bark, to strip off the bark from a tree

Conjugation

Conjugation of birkja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	birkja
present participle	birkjandi
past participle	birktr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	birki	birkta
2nd-person singular	birkir	birktir
3rd-person singular	birkir	birkti
1st-person plural	birkjum	birktum
2nd-person plural	birkið	birktuð
3rd-person plural	birkja	birktu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	birkja	birkta
2nd-person singular	birkir	birktir
3rd-person singular	birki	birkti
1st-person plural	birkim	birktim
2nd-person plural	birkið	birktið
3rd-person plural	birki	birkti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	birk, birki
1st-person plural	birkjum
2nd-person plural	birkið

Conjugation of birkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	birkjask
present participle	birkjandisk
past participle	birkzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	birkjumk	birktumk
2nd-person singular	birkisk	birktisk
3rd-person singular	birkisk	birktisk
1st-person plural	birkjumsk	birktumsk
2nd-person plural	birkizk	birktuzk
3rd-person plural	birkjask	birktusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	birkjumk	birktumk
2nd-person singular	birkisk	birktisk
3rd-person singular	birkisk	birktisk
1st-person plural	birkimsk	birktimsk
2nd-person plural	birkizk	birktizk
3rd-person plural	birkisk	birktisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	birksk, birkisk
1st-person plural	birkjumsk
2nd-person plural	birkizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: berka, berke, berkja, berkje

References

• “birkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “birkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.