bearg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz: cognate with Old Frisian barch (West Frisian baarch), Old Saxon barug (Dutch barg), Old High German barug (dialectal German Barch), Old Norse bǫrgr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑrɡ/, [bæ͜ɑrˠɣ]

Noun

bearg m

  1. castrated boar, barrow
    • Exeter Book, riddle 40
      Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn
      bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda,
      won wrōtende • wynnum lifde
      I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine,
      a bellowing barrow, that in a beechwood
      lived rooting with joy.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bearg beargas
accusative bearg beargas
genitive bearges bearga
dative bearge beargum

Descendants

  • Middle English: barow, barew, barwe, borwȝ, bareȝ, bareh (Early Middle English)
    • English: barrow
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