Re: Anglo-Saxon Plant-Name Survey


"celia" <c_a_blay@xxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
news:1140191939.300957.86760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry to interrupt

Please do

I haven't seen this word 'beorg' in English before.
Is it old English for a castle?

If only it was that easy; it's one of those words
with lots of meanings. take your pick from
hill
mountain;
protection;
refuge;
defence;
mound;
tumulus;
preserve;
guard;
burial place;
fortified dwelling etc etc

Sometimes the context helps, usually not.

Celia

Thank you, then there is no certainty here. My question
came from my search once for an English translation of
the Danish word *borg* , used for a medieval fortified
'castle' (often surrounded by water), and I haven't yet
found an English word for this.
Grethe


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