Old English Dictionary Entry

BIRCE

Part of speech: ean;

Definitions

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1 BIRCE

f: berc, beorc, byrc, e; f. A birch-tree; betula alba :-- Genim bircean take of the birch-tree, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 7: Wrt. Voc. 285, 22. [Scot. birk: Plat. barke, f: Dut. berke-boom, m: Kil. berck: Ger. birke, f: M. H. Ger. birke, birche, f: O. H. Ger. bircha, f: Dan. birk, m. f: Swed. O. Nrs. biörk, f. betula vel quæcunque arbor viridis.] birce

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᚱᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
L.: Latin
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Nrs.: Old Norse

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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