bygd

From Old Danish bygd, Old Norse byggð, a derivation from Old Norse byggva, byggja (“to build, dwell”) (cf. Danish bygge). In modern Danish, the noun has been reintroduced from Norwegian.

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥yɡ̊d̥]

bygd c (singular definite bygden, plural indefinite bygder)

1. small, remote collection of houses, especially on Greenland or the Faroe Islands; a settlement

• landsby

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.

• IPA^(key): /bʏɡd/, [bʏʷɡd̪]

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

1. village

• bygget

bygd

1. past participle of bygge

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

• IPA^(key): /bʏɡd/

• bøgd (dialectal)

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

bygd f (plural bygder)

1. village
2. countryside

In difference to landsby, a bygd may refer to an area of houses and farms without a clear center, but rather dispersed settlement in a valley.

• bygdeby
• bygdefolk
• fjellbygd

bygd

1. masculine and feminine past participle of byggja

• tettbygd
• velbygd

• “bygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish byghþ, from Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō. First attested in the 13th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏɡːd/
• Homophone: byggd

bygd c

1. An (often vaguely defined) rural region (forming a cohesive community in some sense; e.g. historical, cultural, or geographic)

   Synonym: (historical) -bo

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) a village

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

• A bygd will often refer to a grouping of several distinct settlements. While a village or town may sometimes serve as its core, it will almost certainly also include its surroundings, whether villages, hamlets, farms, or other dwellings.
• There is no clear definition of how large or small a bygd can be. It can be as small as a village and its immediate surroundings or as large as a parish, or it may describe all the settlements and dwellings of an island or valley.

• trakt

• bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bygd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)