Faroese

Bøur er gomul bygd, nevnd í Hundabrævinum frá um 1350 - Bøur is an old village, named in the "Dog Letter" of c. 1350.

Noun

bygd f (genitive singular bygdar, plural bygdir)

1. village, hamlet

Declension

Usage notes

There's no distinction between a village and a hamlet in Faroese.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bygd

1. feminine nominative singular past participle of byggja
2. neuter nominative plural past participle of byggja
3. neuter accusative plural past participle of byggja

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.

Noun

bygd f, m ‎(definite singular bygda or bygden, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)

1. country district

Derived terms

• landsbygd

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• bygget

Verb

bygd

1. past participle of bygge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.

Noun

bygd f ‎(definite singular bygda, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)

1. country district

Verb

bygd

1. masculine, feminine and neuter past participle of byggja, byggje, bygga and bygge
2. masculine and feminine past participle of byggja, byggje, bygga and bygge

Derived terms

• velbygd

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: byggd

Noun

bygd c

1. a village
2. a region, a country district (tied together by common traditions)

Declension

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