different between birken vs barken

English

Etymology

From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birk?naz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).

Adjective

birken (not comparable)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen.

German

Etymology

Birke +? -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??kn?/

Adjective

birken (not comparable)

1. birchen

Declension

Scots

Alternative forms

• birkin

Etymology

birk +? -en.From Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birk?naz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?rk?n/, /?b?rk?n/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /?b?rk?n/

Adjective

birken (not comparable)

1. Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen.

Derived terms

• birkenshaw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??(?)k?n/

Etymology 1

From bark +? -en.

Adjective

barken (not comparable)

1. (poetic) Made of bark.
   • 1871, John Greenleaf Whittier, "Nauhaught, the Deacon", in Miriam, and Other Poems

     barken knots

Etymology 2

From bark +? -en.

Verb

barken (third-person singular simple present barkens, present participle barkening, simple past and past participle barkened)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
   • 1908, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, or, The astrologer:

     "The best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut — that saves plasters, hinney."

2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.

References

barken in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.barken in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Banker, banker

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark?n/, [?b?????n?]

Noun

barken c

1. definite singular of bark

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rk?n

Noun

barken

1. Plural form of bark

Anagrams

• braken

Middle English

Verb

barken

1. Alternative form of berken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Swedish

Noun

barken

1. definite singular of bark

Anagrams

• banker