beorc

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

berc, byrc, byric

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *berku.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /be͜ork/, [be͜orˠk]

Noun[edit]

beorc f (West Saxon)

A birch tree.
A poplar.
The runic character ᛒ

Declension[edit]

Declension of beorc (strong ō-stem)

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

Synonyms[edit]

bierce

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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