byrde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse byrðr, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄ (“burden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byrdə/, [ˈb̥yɐ̯d̥ə]

Noun

byrde c (singular definite byrden, plural indefinite byrder)

1. load
2. burden

Inflection

Declension of byrde

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byrde	byrden	byrder	byrderne
genitive	byrdes	byrdens	byrders	byrdernes

Middle English

Noun

byrde

1. alternative form of berde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish byrde, from Old Danish byrþi, byrthæ, from Old Norse byrðr.

Noun

byrde m (definite singular byrden, indefinite plural byrder, definite plural byrdene)

1. a burden

Synonyms

• bør

References

• “byrde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “byrde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse byrðr.

Noun

byrde f (definite singular byrda, indefinite plural byrder, definite plural byrdene)

1. a burden

Alternative forms

• byrd

Synonyms

• bør

References

• “byrde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burdijaz, derived from *burdiz (“birth, act of bearing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyr.de/, [ˈbyrˠ.de]

Adjective

byrde

1. born, well-born, noble, rich

Declension

Declension of byrde — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	byrde	byrdu, byrdo	byrde
Accusative	byrdne	byrde	byrde
Genitive	byrdes	byrdre	byrdes
Dative	byrdum	byrdre	byrdum
Instrumental	byrde	byrdre	byrde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	byrde	byrda, byrde	byrdu, byrdo
Accusative	byrde	byrda, byrde	byrdu, byrdo
Genitive	byrdra	byrdra	byrdra
Dative	byrdum	byrdum	byrdum
Instrumental	byrdum	byrdum	byrdum

Declension of byrde — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	byrda	byrde	byrde
Accusative	byrdan	byrdan	byrde
Genitive	byrdan	byrdan	byrdan
Dative	byrdan	byrdan	byrdan
Instrumental	byrdan	byrdan	byrdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	byrdan	byrdan	byrdan
Accusative	byrdan	byrdan	byrdan
Genitive	byrdra, byrdena	byrdra, byrdena	byrdra, byrdena
Dative	byrdum	byrdum	byrdum
Instrumental	byrdum	byrdum	byrdum

Descendants

• >? Middle English: berde, beerde, birde, byrde, buirde, burdde, burde, buyrde, byurde (West Midland)
  • English: burd
  • Middle Scots: bird, bourd, burd
    • Scots: bird

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “byrde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.