bierce

Old English

Alternative forms

• birċe
• birċiae — early

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *birkijā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi͜yr.t͡ʃe/, [ˈbi͜yrˠ.t͡ʃe]

Noun

bierċe f (West Saxon)

1. birch

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

	singular	plural
nominative	bierċe	bierċan
accusative	bierċan	bierċan
genitive	bierċan	bierċena
dative	bierċan	bierċum

Descendants

• Middle English: birche, byrche, birch, birk, byrke, birke, breche
  • English: birch
  • Northumbrian: birk
  • Scots: birk