bygd

bygd

1. small, remote collection of houses, usually on Greenland or the Faroese Islands

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

bygd f (genitive singular bygdar, plural bygdir)

1. village, hamlet

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

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

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

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

1. country district or settlement (which forms a topographical and usually administrative unit (parish, township))

• bygget

bygd

1. past participle of bygge

• “bygd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bygd” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /bʏɡd/

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

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

1. country district or settlement (as above)

• bygdeby
• bygdefolk
• fjellbygd

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

• tettbygd
• velbygd

• “bygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• Homophone: byggd

bygd c

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