birken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of birken
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at birk, -en 2
Example Sentences
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And come ye here, my son," he cried, "To wander in my birken shade?
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
O weary Winter soon will pass, And Spring will cleed the birken shaw; And my young babie will be born, And he'll be hame that's far awa.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
"The rose blooms gay on shairney brae, As weel's in birken shaw; And love will lowe in cottage low, As weel's in lofty ha'."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Janet she smilit in her minnie's face: She had brunt the roden reid, But she left aneth the birken cheir The spale frae a coffin-lid!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
Janet she smiled in her mither's face: She had brunt the roddin reid: And she left aneath the birken chair The spale frae a coffin lid.
From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Margaret Widdemer
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