eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for borough

6 headwords match “borough”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; burg ranks first.

  1. 1

    burg

    score 12

    noun

    borough — city or town

  2. 2

    portgerefa

    score 3

    noun

    borough — a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns o

  3. 3

    Tinanmuþ

    score 2

    proper noun

    borough — Tynemouth (a town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England),

  4. 4

    Windlesora

    score 2

    proper noun

    borough — Windsor (a town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England)

  5. 5

    Earmuþa

    score 1

    proper noun

    borough — Great Yarmouth (a coastal town and borough of Norfolk, England).

  6. 6

    Gipeswic

    score 1

    proper noun

    borough — Ipswich (a port town and borough of Suffolk, England).

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