burd

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.

burd (plural burds)

1. (dialectal, obsolete) maiden, young woman

• BrdU, brud, drub

burd

1. alternative form of bord (“board”)

burd

1. alternative form of brid (“bird”)

From Old Frisian berd, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

• IPA^(key): /bøt/

burd n (plural burden, diminutive burdsje)

1. beard

• “burd (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011