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BEARG

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BEARG, bearh, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §178;
A castrated boar, a barrow pig; majālis
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  • Amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda

    a fattened swine, a barrow pig [castrated boar] grunting in beech woods,

    • Exon. 111 b ; Th. 428, 10
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 106
    • .
  • Bearh

    majalis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt. Voc. 22, 72
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. borg, m. a castrated boar pig
:
Dut. barg, m
:
Frs. baerg, m
:
Ger. borg-schwein
:
O. H. Ger. barc, barg, m. porcus castratus
.]
Linked entries
v.  bearug berg.
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  • BEARG, n.