Old English · noun

bearg

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /bæ͜ɑrɡ/
[bæ͜ɑrˠɣ]
Syllables: bæ͜ɑrɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English: barrow castrated boar

Meaning

castrated boar, barrow

bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda, won wrōtende • wynnum lifde I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine,

lived rooting with joy.
Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn

Declension

Declension of bearg
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bearg	beargas
Accusative	bearg	beargas
Genitive	bearges	bearga
Dative	bearge	beargum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz: cognate with Old Frisian barch (West Frisian baarch), Old Saxon barug (Dutch barg), Old High German barug (dialectal German Barch), Old Norse bǫrgr.

Descendants

barrow

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