byrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”). Cognate with Old English byre.

Noun

byrr m

1. a fair wind

Declension

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

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byrr	byrrinn	byrir	byrirnir
accusative	byr	byrinn	byri	byrina
dative	byr	byrinum	byrjum	byrjunum
genitive	byrjar	byrjarins	byrja	byrjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: byr
• Danish: bør (dated)

Further reading

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