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

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. 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/

• bøgd (dialectal)

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

bygd f (plural bygder)

1. country district or settlement (as above)

• 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.

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

bygd c

1. a rural region (forming a unit in some sense), a district

   Synonym: (historical) -bo

   1. a village

• trakt

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