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birken

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

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Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, not comparable, obsolete Made of birch; birchen. Beneath each birken shade, on mead or hill

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"birken." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/birken. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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birken. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/birken

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"birken." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/birken.

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@misc{birken_2026,
  title = {birken},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/birken},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}