byrr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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byrr m

  1. a fair wind

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: byr
  • Danish: bør (dated)

References

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