bǿr

See also: boer, Boer, bóer, bôer, bör, bær, -boer, and Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root of the verb búa.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbøːr/

Noun

bǿr m (genitive bǿjar, plural bǿir)

  1. farmhouse, farmstead
  2. farm, landed estate
  3. town

Declension
  Declension of bǿr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bǿr bǿrinn bǿir bǿirnir
accusative bǿ bǿinn bǿi bǿina
dative bǿ bǿnum bǿjum, bjám, bjóm bǿjunum, bjánum, bjónum
genitive bǿjar, bjár bǿjarins, bjárins bǿja, bjá bǿjanna, bjánna
Note the possible breaking in the genitive singular, and the genitive and dative plural forms.

In late Old Norse there is also an attested genitive singular biar (bíar), which has come down in Faroese as bíggjar.

Descendants
  • Icelandic: bær m
  • Faroese: bøur m, Bøur m (placename)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bø m, Bø (placename)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bø m, Bø (placename)

References
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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