burd

From Middle English burde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde (“of noble birth”) (compare Middle English bern (“young man”)), or alteration of Old English brȳd (“bride”). Origin of the English slang bird for a young woman.

burd (plural burds)

1. (poetic, obsolete) maiden, young woman

• BrdU, brud, drub

burd

1. alternative form of bord (“board”)

burd

1. alternative form of brid (“bird”)

From Old Frisian berd, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

• IPA^(key): /bøt/

burd n (plural burden, diminutive burdsje)

1. beard

• “burd (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011