bircen
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), equivalent to bierċe (“birch”) + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbir.t͡ʃen/, [ˈbirˠ.t͡ʃen]
Adjective
birċen
Declension
Declension of birċen — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | birċen | birċenu, bircnu, birċeno, bircno | birċen |
| Accusative | birċenne | birċene, bircne | birċen |
| Genitive | birċenes, bircnes | birċenre | birċenes, bircnes |
| Dative | birċenum, bircnum | birċenre | birċenum, bircnum |
| Instrumental | birċene, bircne | birċenre | birċene, bircne |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | birċene, bircne | birċena, bircna, birċene, bircne | birċenu, bircnu, birċeno, bircno |
| Accusative | birċene, bircne | birċena, bircna, birċene, bircne | birċenu, bircnu, birċeno, bircno |
| Genitive | birċenra | birċenra | birċenra |
| Dative | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum |
| Instrumental | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum |
Declension of birċen — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | birċena, bircna | birċene, bircne | birċene, bircne |
| Accusative | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan | birċene, bircne |
| Genitive | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan |
| Dative | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan |
| Instrumental | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan |
| Accusative | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan | birċenan, bircnan |
| Genitive | birċenra, birċenena, bircnena | birċenra, birċenena, bircnena | birċenra, birċenena, bircnena |
| Dative | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum |
| Instrumental | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum | birċenum, bircnum |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bircen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.