Old English · noun
burgwaras
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈburxˌwɑ.rɑs/[ˈburˠxˌwɑ.rɑs]
- Syllables
- ˈburx · ˌwɑ · rɑs (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- citizens
Meaning
-
citizens, people who live in a city
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.
Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From burg (“-city”) + -ware (“residents”)
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