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býta

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse býta, from Middle Low German būten, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

Verb

býta (third person singular past indicative býtti, third person plural past indicative býtt, supine býtt)

  1. to change
  2. to exchange
  3. to divide

Conjugation

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Conjugation of býta (group v-2)
infinitive býta
supine býtt
present past
first singular býti býtti
second singular býtir býtti
third singular býtir býtti
plural býta býttu
participle (a39)1 býtandi býttur
imperative
singular být!
plural býtið!
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1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

  • "býta" at Sprotin.fo
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (býta, supplement)
  • Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology

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