byggja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsebyggja,byggva.CompareScotsbig.

Verb

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byggja(third person singular past indicativebygdi,third person plural past indicativebygdu,supinebygt)

  1. tobuild

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofbyggja(groupv-12)
infinitive byggja
supine bygt
participle (a7)1 byggjandi bygdur
present past
first singular byggi bygdi
second singular byggir bygdi
third singular byggir bygdi
plural byggja bygdu
imperative
singular bygg!
plural byggið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsebyggja,byggva.CompareScotsbig.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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byggja(weak verb,third-person singular past indicativebyggði,supinebyggt)

  1. tobuild
  2. to be built
  3. tobase
  4. toinhabit

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • byggje(e- and split infinitives, also with j-infix)
  • bygga,bygge(without the j-infix)

Etymology

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FromOld Norsebyggja,byggva,fromProto-Germanic*būwijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/²bʏʝːɑ/,[²bʷʏʷʝːɑ],[²bʷʏʷɟ͡ʝːɑ],[²bʷʏʷɟːɑ]

Verb

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byggja(present tensebyggjer,past tensebygde,past participlebygt/bygd,passive infinitivebyggjast,present participlebyggjande,imperativebygg)

  1. tobuild
    Dei skalbyggjaeit nytt kjøpesenter her.
    They willbuilda new shopping centre here.

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Germanic*būwijaną(to build, settle).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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byggja(singular past indicativebygði,plural past indicativebygðu,past participlebygðr)

  1. tosettle,build
  2. toinhabit,dwell,live
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic:byggja
  • Faroese:byggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk:byggja
  • Norwegian Bokmål:bygge
  • Old Swedish:byggia
  • Danish:bygge
  • Middle English:biggen

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Germanic*bugjaną(to buy, purchase).Cognate withOld Englishbycgan,Old Saxonbuggian,Gothic𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽(bugjan).

Verb

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byggja(singular past indicativebygði,plural past indicativebygðu,past participlebygðr)

  1. tolet out
  2. tolendmoneyat interest
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References

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  • byggja”,inGeir T. Zoëga (1910)A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic,Oxford: Clarendon Press