bœr

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.

Noun

bœr m (genitive bœjar, plural bœir)

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

Declension
  Declension of bœr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bœr bœrinn bœir bœirnir
accusative bœ bœinn bœi bœina
dative bœ bœnum bœjum, bjám, bjóm bœjunum, bjánum, bjónum
genitive bœjar, bjár bœjarins, bjárins bœja, bjá bœjanna, 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
  • Old English: bȳ
    • Middle English: -by (in placenames)
      • English: -by (in placenames)
  • Faroese: bøur m, Bøur m (placename)
  • Icelandic: bær m
  • Norwegian: bø m, Bø m (placename)

References
  • bœr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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