beorcan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berkaną (to bark, rumble).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeo̯rkɑn/, [ˈbeo̯rˠkɑn]

Verb

beorcan

  1. to bark
    Se hund biercþ forþ on menn.
    The dog keeps barking at people.
    • late 10th century, Exeter Book, Riddle 68
      Hwīlum iċ beorce swā hund.
      Sometimes I bark like a dog.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • BEORCAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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