byggður

byggður is an Icelandic word that serves as the masculine singular past participle of the verb byggja, meaning to build. As an adjective it means built or constructed and is used to describe objects, structures, or spaces that have been erected. In Icelandic, past participles used as adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender and number, so the form of byggður changes accordingly (masculine, feminine, neuter, and plural forms follow standard inflection patterns).

The related noun byggð denotes a settlement or inhabited area. It is used in geography and demography to refer to a populated region and is common in place names and in descriptions of regional development. The term reflects the historical importance of settlement and construction in Icelandic landscape and history.

In usage, byggður appears in historical, architectural, and descriptive texts to indicate that something has been erected or established. The word is standard in Icelandic dictionaries and in everyday language, and it participates in the broader family of words built from the verb byggja.