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borg-steall

  • noun
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Grammar
borg-steall, a borstal, 'any seat on the side or pitch of a hill,' Hall. Dict., a steep path up a hill. Take here passage given at
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  • In loco qui dicitur æt Borstealle,

      C. D. iii. 209, 5.
  • In loco qui dicitur Gealtborgsteal (cf.

    Icel. göltr a hog ),

      C. D. B. i. 365, 4.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D.; D. D.; Dictionary of Kentish Dialect (E. Dial. Soc.); Midd. Flur.]
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v.  beorg-steal burg-steall.
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  • borg-steall, n.