beorcan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *berkan, from Proto-Germanic *berkaną (“to bark, rumble, roar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe͜or.kɑn/, [ˈbe͜orˠ.kɑn]
Verb
beorcan
- to bark
- Sē hund biercþ forþ on menn.
- The dog keeps barking at people.
- late 10th century, Exeter Book, Riddle 68
- Hwīlum iċ beorce swā hund.
- Sometimes I bark like a dog.
Conjugation
Conjugation of beorcan (strong class 3)
| infinitive | beorcan | beorcenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | beorce | bearc |
| second person singular | biercst | burce |
| third person singular | biercþ | bearc |
| plural | beorcaþ | burcon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | beorce | burce |
| plural | beorcen | burcen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | beorc | |
| plural | beorcaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| beorcende | (ġe)borcen | |
Related terms
- ġebeorc
- borcian
Descendants
- Middle English: barken, berken, borken
- English: bark
- Scots: berk, bark
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “BEORCAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.