byta
See also: býta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]byta (present byter, preterite bytte or böt, supine bytt, imperative byt)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | byta | bytas | ||
| supine | bytt | bytts | ||
| imperative | byt | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | byten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | byter | bytte | byts, bytes | byttes |
| ind. plural1 | byta | bytte | bytas | byttes |
| subjunctive2 | byte | bytte | bytes | byttes |
| present participle | bytande | |||
| past participle | bytt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “byta”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
- Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology
Further reading
[edit]- byta in Svensk ordbok.