berwen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English beorgan; equivalent to berg +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Cognate with Dutch bergen (“to store, save, rescue”), German bergen (“to salvage, recover, hise, rescue, save”), Icelandic bjarga (“to save”).

Pronunciation

Verb

berwen

  1. To save, preserve, guard
  2. To help out, deliver, safeguard.

Conjugation

Conjugation of berwen (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) berwen, berwe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular berwe bargh
2nd-person singular berwest borwe1
3rd-person singular berweth bargh
subjunctive singular berwe borwe2
imperative singular —
plural3 berwen, berwe borwen, borwe
imperative plural berweth, berwe —
participles berwynge, berwende borwen, borwe, yborwen, yborwe

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or barghest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

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