beard – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of beard

Noun: beard
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularbeard
Pluralbeardas

Genitive

Singularbeardes
Pluralbearda

Dative

Singularbearde
Pluralbeardum

Accusative

Singularbeard
Pluralbeardas

Sample Sentences

  • Wonders of the East
  • On sumon lande beoð menn akende ðā beoþ on lenge six fotmǣla lange. Hī habbað beardas ōþ cnēow sīde ⁊ feax ōð hēlan. (In a certain land, mebn are born that are six feet in height. They have beards down to of their knees and hair down to their heels.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (compare West Frisian burd, Dutch baard, German Bart), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (compare Latin barba, Lithuanian barzda, Russian борода́ (borodá)). See: Dutch Nouns 'baard', German Nouns 'Bart', Latin Nouns 'barba'.

Verbs referencing "beard"

English Nouns beard, Middle English Nouns berd, Old Norse Nouns barð.

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