bydel

by (“city”) +‎ del (“part”)

bydel c (singular definite bydelen, plural indefinite bydele)

1. A quarter; a part of a town or city

From by +‎ del

bydel m (definite singular bydelen, indefinite plural bydeler, definite plural bydelene)

1. part of town

   den øvre bydelen - the upper part of the town

• “bydel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From by +‎ del

bydel m (definite singular bydelen, indefinite plural bydelar, definite plural bydelane)

1. part of town

• “bydel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“messenger, herald”), from *beudaną (“to stretch out, extend, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to make aware”). Akin to Old High German butil (“beadle, court officer”), Old English bēodan (“to announce”). More at bid.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbydel/

bydel m (nominative plural bydelas)

1. beadle, apparitor
2. a warrant officer
3. a forerunner, herald; announcer
4. a preacher

• Middle English: budel, beodel, bidel, bedel
  • English: beadle
  • Scots: bedel, beddel, beddal