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Old English · noun

bord

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/bord/
[borˠd]
Syllables
bord (1 syllable)
Modern English
boardextensionitselfplank

Meaning

  1. board, plank

  2. table

  3. the side of a ship; (by extension) the ship itself

    Sē frumlida stāg on bord þæs sċipes.

    The captain climbed aboard the ship.

  4. shield

Declension

Declension of bord
SingularPlural
Nominative bordbord
Accusative bordbord
Genitive bordesborda
Dative bordebordum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Descendants

board

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