bur – Old English noun declension

Noun: bur
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	būr
Plural	būras

Genitive

Singular	būres
Plural	būra

Dative

Singular	būre
Plural	būrum

Accusative

Singular	būr
Plural	būras

Sample Sentences

The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre
Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?" (It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?.")

Nouns inflected like bur

bur, tur, bedbur,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą. Cognate with Old Saxon būr, Old High German būr (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur). See: German Nouns 'Bauer', Old Norse Nouns 'búr', Swedish Nouns 'bur'.