byrde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse byrðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /byrdə/, [ˈb̥yɐ̯d̥ə]

Noun

byrde c (singular definite byrden, plural indefinite byrder)

  1. load
  2. burden

Inflection


Middle English

Noun

byrde

  1. Alternative form of burde

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burdijaz, derived from *burdiz (birth, act of bearing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyrde/

Adjective

byrde

  1. born, well-born, noble, rich

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: burde (probably)

References

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