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

Related terms

• birki-
• birkinn (“birchen”)
• birkja f (“birch-juice”)

Descendants

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

References

• björk in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.