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Old English · noun

beorc

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/be͜ork/
[be͜orˠk]
Syllables
be͜ork (1 syllable)
Modern English
birchpoplar

Meaning

  1. a birch tree.

  2. a poplar.

  3. the runic character (/b/)

    byþ blēda lēas...

    Birch is without fruit...

    The Old English rune poem

Declension

Declension of beorc
SingularPlural
Nominative beorcbeorcabeorce
Accusative beorcebeorcabeorce
Genitive beorcebeorca
Dative beorcebeorcum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berku.

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