byrgels
Old English
Alternative forms
- berġels, birġels
Etymology
Equivalent to byrġan (“to bury”) + -els.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbyr.jels/, [ˈbyrˠ.jeɫs]
Noun
byrġels m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | byrġels | byrġelsas |
| accusative | byrġels | byrġelsas |
| genitive | byrġelses | byrġelsa |
| dative | byrġelse | byrġelsum |
Descendants
- Middle English: beriel, buriel, biriel, buriels, biriels, beriall, bereall, beryell (Late Middle English)
- English: burial
- Scots: buirial
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “byrgels”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.