birkebeiner

Czech

Alternative forms

• Birkebeiner
• birkinbeinar

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål birkebeiner.

Noun

birkebeiner m anim

1. (history, plural only) a participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway, and, in the following decades, an adherent to the successor political party
   • 2005, Helena Kadečková in, Dějiny Norska, NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 48:

     Roku 1174 se do čela birkebeinerů postavil Øystein, řečený Møyla [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015, Jindřich Dejmek, Norsko, Libri,, →ISBN, page 21:

     Hned v sedmdesátých letech dvanáctého století zachvátilo velkou část země hnutí tzv. birkebeinerů [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (informal, nonce word) Birkebeinerrennet, the popular cross-country ski race in Norway
   • 2012, Kateřina Krištůfková, tr. Jo Nesbø Spasitel, Kniha Zlín, →ISBN, page 61:

     „V oběžníku stálo, že každý rok běháte birkebeiner,“ [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

In sense 2, the usual—and formal—variant is Birkebeiner.

Declension

Declension of birkebeiner (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	birkebeiner	birkebeinerové, birkebeineři
genitive	birkebeinera	birkebeinerů
dative	birkebeinerovi, birkebeineru	birkebeinerům
accusative	birkebeinera	birkebeinery
vocative	birkebeinere	birkebeinerové, birkebeineři
locative	birkebeinerovi, birkebeineru	birkebeinerech
instrumental	birkebeinerem	birkebeinery

Synonyms

• (a participant in the rebellion): březonožci (plural form)

Coordinate terms

• bagler

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse birkibeinn, compare to Norwegian Nynorsk birkebein.

Noun

birkebeiner m (definite singular birkebeineren, indefinite plural birkebeinere, definite plural birkebeinerne)

1. (historical) A participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway, and, in the following decades, an adherent to the successor political party.

Coordinate terms

• bagler

References

• “birkebeiner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.