byrgen – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of byrgen

Noun: byrgen
Gender:

Nominative

Singularbyrġen
Pluralbyrġenna; byrġenne

Genitive

Singularbyrġenne
Pluralbyrġenna

Dative

Singularbyrġenne
Pluralbyrġennum

Accusative

Singularbyrġenne
Pluralbyrġenna; byrġenne

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
  • Sē Antonius ġeseah þæs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond twēġen lēon ādulfon his byrġenne on þæs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewriġen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē arīseð on wuldor. (Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.)

Nouns inflected like byrgen

lygen, byrgen, hengen, wyrgen, wiergen,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *burgini, from Proto-Germanic *burginī, equivalent to byrġan + -en.

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