burskap

== Swedish == === Etymology === bur (“burgher”) +‎ -skap (“-ship”). From Old Swedish burskap, from Middle Low German būrschap. The word bur was used in the meaning "burgher" or "city inhabitant", but could also mean "villager", "farmer", or "neighbor". Compare Dutch buurschap, Dutch buurtschap, English burghership, German Bauerschaft, German Bauernschaft. Compare also to medborgarskap. === Noun === burskap n (historical, law) burghership, the right to pursue certain professions ==== Usage notes ==== Mostly historical, still used in certain formal legal settings. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== burbrev === References === “burskap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “burskap”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “burskap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) bur- in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)