bitr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bitraz, whence also Old English biter (English bitter), Old Saxon bittar (Low German bitter), Old High German bittar (German bitter).
Adjective[edit]
bitr
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: bitur
- Faroese: bitur
- Old Swedish: biter, bitter, beter
- Swedish: bitter (under Low German influence)
- Danish: biderhvas (compound with hvass)
References[edit]
- “bitr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press