"birken" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|birchen}} Middle English birchen, {{m|enm|birken}} birken, {{inh|en|ang|bircen}} Old English bircen, {{m|ang|*biercen}} *biercen, {{m|ang|beorcen||made of birch, birchen}} beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*birkīnaz||made of birch}} Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), {{cog|en|birchen}} English birchen, {{cog|nl|berken||birchen}} Dutch berken (“birchen”), {{cog|nds|berken||birchen}} Low German berken (“birchen”), {{cog|de|birken||birchen}} German birken (“birchen”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} birken (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland and Northern England) Made of birch; birchen. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-birken-en-adj-dhOn49eF Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English

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          "ref": "1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa",
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