beorc
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *berku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be͜ork/, [be͜orˠk]
Noun
beorc f (West Saxon)
- A birch tree.
- A poplar.
- The runic character ᛒ
- The Old English rune poem
- ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...
- Birch is without fruit...
- The Old English rune poem
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | beorc | beorca, beorce |
| accusative | beorce | beorca, beorce |
| genitive | beorce | beorca |
| dative | beorce | beorcum |
Synonyms
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.