Noun: beorg
Gender: m
f
Nominative
| Singular | beorg |
| Plural | beorgas; beorga; beorge |
Genitive
| Singular | beorges; beorge |
| Plural | beorga |
Dative
| Singular | beorge |
| Plural | beorgum |
Accusative
| Singular | beorg; beorge |
| Plural | beorgas; beorga; beorge |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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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.)
Nouns inflected like beorg
epistol,
fearm,
beorg,
hefen,
weler,
wiell,
stemn,
mircels,
gærsum,
hiofon,
heofan,
heofen,
heofon,
heofun,
heafun,
list,
hærn,
pyll,
wyll,
well, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian berch, Old Saxon berg, Old High German bërg (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”). See: German Nouns '
Berg', Old Norse Nouns '
bjarg'.
Verbs referencing "beorg"
English Nouns
barrow, English Nouns
bergh, Middle English Nouns
bergh, English Nouns
burian, Old Norse Nouns
bjarg.
Translations