býti
Old Norse
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German bûte, büte[1] (or Middle Dutch[2]), possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”), perhaps via Frankish *būti.
Noun
býti n (genitive býtis)[1]
- exchange, barter
Declension
Declension of býti (strong ija-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | býti | býtit | býti | býtin |
| accusative | býti | býtit | býti | býtin |
| dative | býti | býtinu | býtum | býtunum |
| genitive | býtis | býtisins | býta | býtanna |
Related terms
- býta
- býtir
Descendants
- Icelandic: býti
- Swedish: byte
- Old Danish: bythœ
- Danish: bytte
References
- de Vries, Jan (1977), “býta”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 68
- van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “buit; buiten”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, pages 245-246