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beorg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §323; §335;
a hill, mountain; collis, mons
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  • On Sýne beorg

    on Sion's hill

    • Exon. 20 b
      • ;
    • Th. 54, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 876.

  • Óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis

    to the mountains which they call the Alps

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 18, 44
      • ;
    • 16, 17.

  • Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod

    omnis mons et collis humiliabitur

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

  • Æt ðæm, beorge ðe man Athlans nemneþ

    at the mountain which they call Atlas

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 16, 6.
a heap, BURROW or barrow, a heap of stones, place of burial; tumulus
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  • Worhton mid stánum ánne steápne beorh him ofer

    congregaverunt super eum acervum magnum lapidum

    • Jos. 7, 26.

  • Bæd ðæt ge geworhton in bǽlstede beorh ðone heán

    he commanded [bade] that you should work the lofty barrow on the place of the funeral pile

    • Beo. Th. 6186
      • ;
    • B. 3097 : 5606
      • ;
    • B. 2807 : Exon. 50 a
      • ;
    • Th. 173, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 1166 : 119 b
      • ;
    • Th. 459, 31
      • ;
    • Hö. 8.
Etymology
[
Laym. berhȝe
:
Piers bergh ; still used in the dialect of Yorkshire
:
Plat. barg
:
O. Sax. berg
:
O. Frs. berch, birg
:
Ger. berg
:
M. H. Ger. berc
:
O. H. Ger. perac
:
Goth. bairga-hei a mountainous district
:
Dan. bjærg, n
:
Swed. berg, n
:
O. Nrs. berg, n : derived from beorgan
. ]
Derived forms
ge-beorg, -beorh, heáh-, mund-, sǽ-, sand-, stán-
Linked entries
v.  biorg beorh berg.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “beorg.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3728.

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