burde

burde (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burdet)

1. ought

Inherited from Old English bord.

burde

1. Alternative form of bord

Borrowed from Old French bourde.

burde

1. Alternative form of bourde

Probably from Old English byrde; in that case, equivalent to beren +‎ -th.

• buyrde, buirde, birde, byrde, byurde, berde

• IPA^(key): /ˈburd(ə)/, /ˈbird(ə)/, /ˈbuːrd(ə)/, /ˈbiːrd(ə)/, /ˈbeːrd(ə)/
• (SW England) IPA^(key): /ˈbyrd(ə)/, /ˈbyːrd(ə)/

burde (plural burdes or burden)

1. A noblewoman; a lady or maiden; especially the Virgin Mary.
2. A young man, especially one of noble blood or Jesus Christ.

This term is mainly found in poetry in later Middle English.

• English: burd

• “bī̆rde (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-03.

From Old Norse burði, preterite of byrja.

burde (present tense bør, simple past burde, past participle burdet) (modal verb)

1. should, ought to

   Du bør få fikset det.

   You should get it fixed.

burde is often incorrectly used as the present tense in informal speech.

• “burde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• burda (a infinitive)

From Old Norse burði, preterite of byrja.

• IPA^(key): /²bʉrdə/, /²buːrə/

burde (present tense bør, simple past burde, past participle burt) (modal verb)

1. should, ought to

   Du burde få fiksa det.

   You should get it fixed.

• “burde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.