beorn

Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

The original sense may have been a poetical comparison with a wild animal: it seems to be cognate with Old Norse bjǫrn ‘bear’, from Germanic *bernu-z.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /beorn/

[edit] Noun

beorn m. (plural beornas)

1. (poetic) man, warrior

   se beorn on waruþe scip gemette: the man found a ship on the strand. (Legend of St Andrew)

[edit] Synonyms

• guma