Old English · noun
bur
Normalised būr
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /buːr/
- Syllables
- buːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- bowerprivatechamberroom
Meaning
-
private chamber, room
Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?"
It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?."
The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą. Cognate with Old Saxon būr, Old High German būr (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).
Descendants
bower
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