burde

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse byrja (“to begin”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to lift”). Doublet of børje. The Old Norse verb is also construed with an infinitive subject in the sense "it is proper". In Modern Danish and Swedish, the verb has a personal subject and an infinitive as the object. The original Danish infinitive børe (cf. also Swedish böra) has been replaced by the past tense form burde analogically after the modal verbs kunne and skulle.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bordə/, [ˈb̥oɐ̯d̥ə], [ˈb̥uɐ̯d̥ə]

Verb edit

burde (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burdet)

(auxiliary) ought

Conjugation edit

Inflection of burde

	present	past
simple	bør	burde
perfect	har burdet	havde burdet
passive	—	—
participle	burdende	burdet
imperative	-	—
infinitive	burde	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	burden	—

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Probably from Old English byrde; in that case, equivalent to beren +‎ -th.

Alternative forms edit

buyrde, buirde, birde, byrde, byurde, berde

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈburd(ə)/, /ˈbird(ə)/, /ˈbuːrd(ə)/, /ˈbiːrd(ə)/, /ˈbeːrd(ə)/
(SW England) IPA^(key): /ˈbyrd(ə)/, /ˈbyːrd(ə)/

Noun edit

burde (plural burdes or burden)

A noblewoman; a lady or maiden; especially the Virgin Mary.
A young man, especially one of noble blood or Jesus Christ.

Usage notes edit

This term is mainly found in poetry in later Middle English.

Descendants edit

English: burd

References edit

“bī̆rde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-03.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

burde

Alternative form of bord

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

burde

Alternative form of bourde

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse burði, preterite of byrja.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²bʉɾdə/, [²bʉ̞ɖːə]

Verb edit

burde (present tense bør, simple past burde, past participle burdet) (modal verb)

should, ought to
Du bør få fikset det.
You should get it fixed.

Usage notes edit

burde is often incorrectly used as the present tense in informal speech.

References edit

“burde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

burda (a infinitive)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse burði, preterite of byrja.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²bʉrdə/, /²buːrə/

Verb edit

burde (present tense bør, simple past burde, past participle burt) (modal verb)

should, ought to
Du burde få fiksa det.
You should get it fixed.

References edit

“burde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.