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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”).
Cognate with Old Frisian berch, Old Saxon berg, Old High German berg (German Berg), Old Norse bjarg, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲- (bairg-); and with Old Irish brí (“mountain”), Old Church Slavonic брѣгъ (brěgŭ) (Russian бе́рег (béreg)), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “high”).
Pronunciation
Noun
beorg m
- mountain, hill
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Fuluius sē consul fōr mid firde on Crēce tō þǣm beorgum þe mon Olimphus hæt.- The consul Fulvius went to Greece with an army, to the mountain known as Olympus.
- mound, heap of stones, barrow
- high beach, elevated shore
Declension
Declension of beorg (strong a-stem)
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