different between byrlaw vs bylaw

English

Etymology

From Old Norse býjar (genitive of býr ‘village, settlement’) + lagu ‘law’.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bû(r)?-lô, IPA^(key): /?b??(?).l??/
• (US) enPR: bûr?-lô, IPA^(key): /?b?.l?/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: bûr?-lä, IPA^(key): /?b?.l?/

Noun

byrlaw (plural byrlaws)

1. (obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district

Anagrams

• brawly, warbly

English

Alternative forms

• byrlaw (obsolete)
• by-law
• bye-law, byelaw

Etymology

From Middle English bylawe, bilawe, partly from Old English b?lage (“bylaw”) and partly from a variant of Middle English byrelawe, birlawe, from Old Norse býjar (“town's; settlement's”) + l?g (“laws; jurisdiction”). Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“municipal law”), Swedish bylag and byalag.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba?.l?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ba?.l?/

Noun

bylaw (plural bylaws)

1. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
2. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
3. A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

Translations

See also

• bylaw officer

References

Anagrams

• bawly