bir – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of bir

Noun: bir
Sg.bir
Pl.birs

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Were blouen to þe brode se in a bir swithe. [c. 1540, Destruction of Troy:]
  • A ᵹonge knight..suet to þe Duke With a bir on þe brest, þat backeward he ᵹode. [c. 1540, Destruction of Troy:]
  • With alle þe bur in his body he ber hit on lofte. [c. 1400, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:]
  • 1425, Wycliffe Bible, Judges 5:22 ((please add an English translation of this quotation))
  • 1415, Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham ((please add an English translation of this quotation))

Nouns inflected like bir

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”). See: Old English Nouns 'byre'.

Verbs referencing "bir"

English Nouns birr.

Translations