burden
Middle English
adjective
Definitions
- (alt form) borden
Etymology
Affix from Middle English bord (shield, boat, slab, board, table, exterior of a ship).
Origin
Middle English
bord
Gloss
shield, boat, slab, board, table, exterior of a ship
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
盾
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterburden English
- bioburden English
- board English
- burden English
- burdener English
- burdenest English
- burdeneth English
- burdenless English
- burdenous English
- burdensome English
- disburden English
- emburden English
- overburden English
- sideburden English
- unburden English
- underburden English
- bord Old English
- byrden Old English
- abord Middle English
- bord Middle English
- bordcloth Middle English
- borden Middle English
- *burþini gmw-pro
- buird Scots