burgwaras
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From burg (“-city”) + -ware (“residents”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]burgwaras m
- citizens, people who live in a city
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
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.
- Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | — | burgwaras |
accusative | — | burgwaras |
genitive | — | burgwara |
dative | — | burgwarum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “burg-waran”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.