²byrja (verb) [°-að-] ‘begin, begat, please...’

• Sigv Lv 25^I/4 — byrjuð ‘conveyed’1034
• ÞjóðA Sex 7^II/2 — byrjuð ‘under way’1065
• ÞjóðA Sex 31^II/1 — byrjuð ‘initiated’1065
• Anon (HSig) 9^II/6 — byrjuð ‘in store’1066
• ESk Geisl 23^VII/1 — byrjak ‘I will begin’1153
• ESk Geisl 38^VII/5 — byrja ‘deliver’1153
• ESk Geisl 61^VII/7 — byrja ‘spread’1153
• Gamlkan Has 4^VII/2 — byrjar ‘is fitting’1180
• SnSt Ht 38^III/1 — byrjar ‘embarks’1221
• KrákÁsl Lv 4^VIII (Ragn 6)/7 — byrja ‘begetting’?

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