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burd

[burd]
–noun Chiefly Scot.
a young lady; maiden.

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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