Old English · noun
burg
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong consonant stem
- IPA
- /burɡ/[burˠɣ]
- Syllables
- burɡ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- city-borough-buryboroboroughbroughburgburgh
Meaning
-
city or town
Wyrċaþ fæsten ymb þā burg.
Build a fortress around the city.
c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care -
fortified place, fortification: fortress, castle
Sēo burg þæs mōdes sċeal swīðe oft ġefrēdan hire fēonda speru.
The fortress of the mind must very often feel the spears of its enemies.
c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burgz.
Descendants
-borough, -bury, boro, borough, brough, burg, burgh, burh
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