burskap
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bur (“burgher”) + -skap (“-ship”). From Old Swedish burskap, from Middle Low German būrschap. The word bur was used in the meaning "burgher" or "city inhabitant", but could also mean "villager", "farmer", or "neighbor". Compare Dutch buurschap, Dutch buurtschap, English burghership, German Bauerschaft, German Bauernschaft. Compare also to medborgarskap.
Noun
[edit]burskap n
- (historical, law) burghership, the right to pursue certain professions
Usage notes
[edit]Mostly historical, still used in certain formal legal settings.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | burskap | burskaps |
| definite | burskapet | burskapets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- burskap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- burskap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- burskap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bur- in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)