berfredus
Latin
FWOTD – 9 November 2022
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German bervrit, bercfrit, or another Germanic cognate. Cognate with English belfry and French beffroi.
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈber.fre.dus/, [ˈbɛrfred̪us]
Noun
berfredus m (genitive berfredī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- wall tower
- siege tower
- 1142, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, section 8.16:
- Quondam de conflictu Rodberto cum suis fugiente, insecutores armigerum quemdam fecerunt in berfredum ascendere, et a boreali plaga ignem immittere. Justo itaque Dei judicio machina combusta est […] .
- At one point, with Robert and his men having fled from battle, their pursuers made a certain squire climb onto the siege tower and start a fire on the northern side. In this way, by the righteous judgement of God, the machine […] was burned down.
- belfry (bell tower)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | berfredus | berfredī |
| Genitive | berfredī | berfredōrum |
| Dative | berfredō | berfredīs |
| Accusative | berfredum | berfredōs |
| Ablative | berfredō | berfredīs |
| Vocative | berfrede | berfredī |
References
- belfredus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- berfredum in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “berfredus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 97
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