beorcan
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beorcan
- to bark
- Sē hund biercþ forþ on menn.
- The dog keeps barking at people.
- late 10th century, Exeter Book, Riddle 68
- Hwīlum iċ beorce swā hund.
- Sometimes I bark like a dog.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of beorcan (strong class 3)
infinitive | beorcan | beorcenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | beorce | bearc |
second person singular | biercst | burce |
third person singular | biercþ | bearc |
plural | beorcaþ | burcon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | beorce | burce |
plural | beorcen | burcen |
imperative | ||
singular | beorc | |
plural | beorcaþ | |
participle | present | past |
beorcende | (ġe)borcen |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEORCAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.