Get to know Birca better with 4 real example sentences.
Birca in a sentence
Context around Birca
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Birca
- In this selection, "birca" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, otherwise and seems stand out and add context to how "birca" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but otherwise birca seems to and location of birca. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "birca" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with birca
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both publications are silent on Birca's size, layout and appearance. (11 words)
Vita Ansgari and Gesta are sometimes ambiguous, which has caused some controversy as to whether Birca and the Björkö settlement were the same location. (24 words)
However, Björkö is the only location that can show remains of a town of Birca's significance, which is why the vast majority of scholars regard Björkö as the location of Birca. (32 words)
Adam only mentions the port, but otherwise Birca seems to have been significant to him because it had been the bridgehead of Ansgar's Christian mission and because archbishop Unni had been buried there. (34 words)
However, Björkö is the only location that can show remains of a town of Birca's significance, which is why the vast majority of scholars regard Björkö as the location of Birca. (32 words)
Vita Ansgari and Gesta are sometimes ambiguous, which has caused some controversy as to whether Birca and the Björkö settlement were the same location. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
However, Björkö is the only location that can show remains of a town of Birca's significance, which is why the vast majority of scholars regard Björkö as the location of Birca.
Adam only mentions the port, but otherwise Birca seems to have been significant to him because it had been the bridgehead of Ansgar's Christian mission and because archbishop Unni had been buried there.
Both publications are silent on Birca's size, layout and appearance.
Vita Ansgari and Gesta are sometimes ambiguous, which has caused some controversy as to whether Birca and the Björkö settlement were the same location.