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Old English · proper noun

Beorgford

Part of speech: proper noun, masculine
Declension: strong u-stem/a-stem
Modern English: burford oxfordshire parish civil

Meaning

Burford (a town and civil parish of West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England)

An. DCCLII Hēr Cūðrēd ġefeaht þȳ XII ġēare his rīċes æt Beorhforda wiþ Æþelbald.

Year 752 In this year, the twelfth of his reign, Cuthred fought against Athelbald at Burford.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of Beorgford
	Singular
Nominative	Beorgford
Accusative	Beorgford
Genitive	Beorgforda Beorgfordes
Dative	Beorgforda Beorgforde

All forms (4)

Beorgford
Beorgforda
Beorgfordes
Beorgforde

Etymology

beorg (“mountain, hill”) + ford (“ford”)

Descendants

burford

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