beorþorþinen

Old English

Alternative forms

• byrþorþīnen, byrþþignenu

Etymology

From beorþor (“childbirth”) +‎ þīnen (“female assistant, handmaid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe͜or.θorˌθiː.nen/, [ˈbe͜orˠ.ðorˌθiː.nen]

Noun

beorþorþīnen f

1. midwife

Declension

Declension of beorþorþinen (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	beorþorþīnen	beorþorþīnenna, beorþorþīnenne
accusative	beorþorþīnenne	beorþorþīnenna, beorþorþīnenne
genitive	beorþorþīnenne	beorþorþīnenna
dative	beorþorþīnenne	beorþorþīnennum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beorþorþīnen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.