birken
Made of birch; birchenMade of birch; birchen.
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, not comparable, obsolete)Made of birch; birchen.
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
Origin
From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made ofFrom 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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