beorc

Old English

Alternative forms

berc, byrc, byric

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berku.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be͜ork/, [be͜orˠk]

Noun

beorc f (West Saxon)

A birch tree.
A poplar.
The runic character ᛒ

Declension

Declension of beorc (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	beorc	beorca, beorce
accusative	beorce	beorca, beorce
genitive	beorce	beorca
dative	beorce	beorcum

Synonyms

bierce

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “beorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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