burgwaras
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From burg (“-city”) + -ware (“residents”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈburxˌwɑ.rɑs/, [ˈburˠxˌwɑ.rɑs]
Noun
burgwaras m
- citizens, people who live in a city
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.- Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
until works of old giants, lacking of
citizens' noises, stood empty.
- Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | burgwaras |
| accusative | — | burgwaras |
| genitive | — | burgwara |
| dative | — | burgwarum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “burg-waran”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.