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BIRCE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BIRCE, ean; f: berc, beorc, byrc, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§311;
A birch-tree; betula alba
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  • Genim bircean

    take of the birch-tree,

      L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 7: Wrt. Voc. 285, 22.
Etymology
[Scot. birk: Plat. barke, f: Dut. berke-boom, m: Kil. berck: Ger. birke, f: M. H. Ger. birke, birche, f: O. H. Ger. bircha, f: Dan. birk, m. f: Swed. O. Nrs. biörk, f. betula vel quæcunque arbor viridis.]
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v.  byrc beorc berc.
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  • BIRCE, n.