byrgan

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyr.jɑn/, [ˈbyrˠ.jɑn]
• Rhymes: -yr.jɑn

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną.

Alternative forms

• birġan
• byriġan, biriġan

Verb

byrġan

1. to hide
2. to bury
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Þēah þe græf wille golde strēġan brōþor his ġeborenum, byrġan be dēadum, māþmum mislīċum þæt hine mid wille, ne mæġ þǣre sāwle þe biþ synna ful gold tō ġēoce for godes eġsan, þonne hē hit ǣr hȳdeð þenden hē hēr leofað.

     Even if a brother would like to strew gold on grave for his kinsmen, to bury next to the dead with manifold riches that he would like to have with him, gold cannot be a help for this soul, who is full of sins, before the dread of God, after he first hides it while he lives here.

Conjugation

Conjugation of byrġan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	byrġan	byrġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	byrġe	byrġde
second person singular	byrġest, byrġst	byrġdest
third person singular	byrġeþ, byrġþ	byrġde
plural	byrġaþ	byrġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	byrġe	byrġde
plural	byrġen	byrġden
imperative
singular	byrġ
plural	byrġaþ
participle	present	past
	byrġende	(ġe)byrġed

Derived terms

• bebyrġan

Descendants

• Middle English: birien, byrye, berien, berren, berye, beryen (East Saxon), beryn, beryyn, byryyn (Promptorium Parvulorum), burie, burien, burye (Southern, West Midland), bery (Northern), birrȝenn (Ormulum)
  • English: bury
  • Middle Scots: bery, bury
    • Scots: buiry

Etymology 2

Verb

byrġan

1. alternative form of bierġan

Conjugation

Conjugation of byrġan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	byrġan	byrġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	byrġe	byrġde
second person singular	byrġest, byrġst	byrġdest
third person singular	byrġeþ, byrġþ	byrġde
plural	byrġaþ	byrġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	byrġe	byrġde
plural	byrġen	byrġden
imperative
singular	byrġ
plural	byrġaþ
participle	present	past
	byrġende	(ġe)byrġed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyr.jɑn/, [ˈbyrˠ.jɑn]

Verb

byrġan

1. alternative form of byrian