bygd
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish bygd, Old Norse byggð, a derivation from Old Norse byggva, byggja (“to build, dwell”) (cf. Danish bygge). In modern Danish, the noun has been reintroduced from Norwegian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bygd
- small, remote collection of houses, especially on Greenland or the Faroe Islands; a settlement
Declension[edit]
Declension of bygd
See also[edit]
Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun[edit]
bygd f (genitive singular bygdar, plural bygdir)
Usage notes[edit]
There's no distinction between a village and a hamlet in Faroese.
Declension[edit]
Declension of bygd | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bygd | bygdin | bygdir | bygdirnar |
accusative | bygd | bygdina | bygdir | bygdirnar |
dative | bygd | bygdini | bygdum | bygdunum |
genitive | bygdar | bygdarinnar | bygda | bygdanna |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bygd
- feminine nominative singular past participle of byggja
- neuter nominative plural past participle of byggja
- neuter accusative plural past participle of byggja
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bygd f or m (definite singular bygda or bygden, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)
- country district or settlement (which forms a topographical and usually administrative unit (parish, township))
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
bygd
- past participle of bygge
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- bøgd (dialectal)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun[edit]
bygd f (plural bygder)
- country district or settlement (as above)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bygd (ō-stem)
Landsmål declension of bygd (ō-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bygd
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “bygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish byghþ, from Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bygd c
- a village
- a region, a country district (tied together by common traditions)
- Synonym: (historical) -bo
Declension[edit]
Declension of bygd | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bygd | bygden | bygder | bygderna |
Genitive | bygds | bygdens | bygders | bygdernas |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bygd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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