bjórr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bebruz. Cognate with Old English befer, Old High German bibar.

Noun

bjórr m (genitive bjórs, plural bjórar)

1. beaver

Declension

Declension of bjórr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjórr	bjórrinn	bjórar	bjórarnir
accusative	bjór	bjórinn	bjóra	bjórana
dative	bjóri	bjórinum	bjórum	bjórunum
genitive	bjórs	bjórsins	bjóra	bjóranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bjór
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjor
• Old Swedish: biūr
  • Swedish: bjur (obsolete)
  • Elfdalian: biuor
• Old Danish: biūr, bifær

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”).

Noun

bjórr m (genitive bjórs, plural bjórar)

1. beer

Declension

Declension of bjórr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjórr	bjórrinn	bjórar	bjórarnir
accusative	bjór	bjórinn	bjóra	bjórana
dative	bjóri	bjórinum	bjórum	bjórunum
genitive	bjórs	bjórsins	bjóra	bjóranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bjór
• Faroese: bjór
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjor
• Swedish: bjor, bör (dialectal)
• Old Danish: ber
• → Middle Irish: beóir (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bjórr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 56; also available at the Internet Archive