beorc

Old English

Alternative forms

• berc, byrc, byric

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be͜ork/, [be͜orˠk]

Noun

beorc f (West Saxon)

1. A birch tree.
2. A poplar.
3. The runic character ᛒ
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...

     Birch is without fruit...

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	beorc	beorca, beorce
accusative	beorce	beorca, beorce
genitive	beorce	beorca
dative	beorce	beorcum

Synonyms

• bierce

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “beorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.