Etymograph : burg

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N

city or town; fortified place: fortress, castle

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burg#Old_English

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 5 ("burgum")

originates from: PGmc *burg- "fortified place, town" through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:85)

Inflected forms

burgum "city or town.dat.pl" (oe-dat-pl)

Variations

burh "city or town"