bergh

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See also: Bergh

English

Etymology 1

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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English berwen, berghen, from Old English beorgan (“to save, deliver, preserve, guard, defend, fortify, spare, beware of, avoid, guard against”), from Proto-Germanic *berganą (“to shelter, protect”). Cognate with Dutch bergen (“to store, save, rescue”), German bergen (“to salvage, recover, hise, rescue, save”), Icelandic bjarga (“to save”). Related to bury.

Verb

bergh (third-person singular simple present berghs, present participle berghing, simple past and past participle berghed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To give shelter; protect; preserve; deliver; save.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English berg, berȝ, berȝe, from Old English beorg (in compounds) (compare scūrbeorg (“roof, shelter from the storm”)), from beorgan (“to shelter, protect”); see above.

Noun

bergh

  1. (obsolete) Protection; shelter.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”). Doublet of barrow; see there for more.

Noun

bergh (plural berghs)

  1. (UK dialectal) A hill.
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