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burg

N

city or town; fortified place: fortress, castle

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

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) in Exeter Book Riddle 5

Variations

burh 'city or town'

Paradigms