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Old English · noun

byre

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ˈby.re/
Syllables
ˈby · re (2 syllables)
Modern English
birrbyremounddescendanthutoccurrencestallopportunity

byre1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. child, son, descendant; young man, youth

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of byre
SingularPlural
Nominative byrebyras
Accusative byrebyras
Genitive byresbyra
Dative byrebyrum

byre2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. mound

byre3 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. strong wind, storm

byre4 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. time, opportunity; occurrence

byre5 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. stall, shed, hut

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *burī (early *burijaz), from Proto-Germanic *buriz (“son”).

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“hill, elevation”).

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”).

From Proto-Germanic *burjaz (“opportunity”), related to Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”).

Probably related to Old English būr. Perhaps identical to the word for a farm or dwelling in German -büren, Dutch -buren.

Descendants

birr, byre

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