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burd
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–noun
Chiefly Scot.
a young lady; maiden.
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Origin:
1175–1225;
ME
burde
lady, perh. repr. OE
byrde
well born
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burd
poetic word for "woman, lady" in old ballads; later "young lady, maiden," c.1205, perhaps from O.E.
byrde
"wealthy, well-born." Or a metathesis of
bryd
"bride." The masculine equivalent was
berne.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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