Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorymaiden, young woman
From Middle English berde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde, ġebyrde (“of noble birth”), from byrd, ġebyrd (“birth”), or from an unattested *byrde (“embroideress”). Possibly the origin of the English slang bird for a young woman.
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