beorþorþinen

== Old English == === Alternative forms === byrþorþīnen, byrþþignenu === Etymology === From beorþor (“childbirth”) +‎ þīnen (“female assistant, handmaid”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbe͜or.θorˌθiː.nen/, [ˈbe͜orˠ.ðorˌθiː.nen] === Noun === beorþorþīnen f midwife ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “beorþorþīnen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.