bjǫrk

See also: björk, bjørk, Bjǫrk, and Björk

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berkō.

Noun

bjǫrk f (genitive bjarkar)

  1. birch, birch tree

Declension

Declension of bjǫrk (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjǫrk bjǫrkin bjarkar bjarkarnar
accusative bjǫrk bjǫrkina bjarkar bjarkarnar
dative bjǫrk bjǫrkinni bjǫrkum bjǫrkunum
genitive bjarkar bjarkarinnar bjarka bjarkanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: björk
  • Faroese: bjørk
  • Norwegian: bjørk; (dialectal) bjerk (< bjarkar), børk
  • Elfdalian: byörk
  • Old Swedish: biork
  • Old Danish: birk, *biork
  • Gutnish: bjärk
  • Scanian: birk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “björk”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 56; also available at the Internet Archive
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