burskap
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
bur (“burgher”) + -skap (“-ship”). From Old Swedish burskap, from Middle Low German būrschap. The word bur was used in the meaning "burgher" or "city inhabitant", but could also mean "villager", "farmer", or "neighbor". Compare Dutch buurschap, Dutch buurtschap, English burghership, German Bauerschaft, German Bauernschaft. Compare also to medborgarskap.
Noun edit
burskap n
- (historical, law) burghership, the right to pursue certain professions
Usage notes edit
Mostly historical, still used in certain formal legal settings.
Declension edit
| Declension of burskap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | burskap | burskapet | — | — |
| Genitive | burskaps | burskapets | — | — |
Related terms edit
References edit
- burskap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- burskap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- burskap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bur- in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)