burd
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
Definition of burd
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(dialectal, obsolete)maiden, young woman
“The hall was furnished in a manner equally grand, and at one end of it was a glorious couch of velvet, silk and gold, and there sate Burd Ellen, combing her golden hair with a silver comb.”
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noun
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(dialectal, obsolete)maiden, young woman
“The hall was furnished in a manner equally grand, and at one end of it was a glorious couch of velvet, silk and gold, and there sate Burd Ellen, combing her golden hair with a silver comb.”
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English berde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde, ġebyrde (“of noble birth”), from byrd, ġebyrd (“birth”), or from an unattested *byrde (“embroideress”). Possibly the origin of the English slang bird for a young woman.
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