byrgels
Old English
Alternative forms
- berġels, birġels
Etymology
Equivalent to byrġan (“to bury”) + -els.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbyr.jels/, [ˈbyrˠ.jeɫs]
Noun
byrgels m
- place of burial, tomb
Declension
Declension of byrgels (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | byrġels | byrġelsas |
accusative | byrġels | byrġelsas |
genitive | byrġelses | byrġelsa |
dative | byrġelse | byrġelsum |
Descendants
- Middle English: beriel, buriel, biriel, buriels, biriels
- English: burial
- Scots: buirial
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “byrgels”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.