- Beowulf's
author uses
words like burg, burh, and
beorh,
which came from the
single root, but
already had
three different meanings....
- wæran
frome fyrd-hwate,
freode ne
woldon ofer
heafo healdan, ac ymb Hreosna-
beorh eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.
There was
strife and
struggle 'twixt...
- wæran
frome fyrd-hwate,
freode ne
woldon ofer
heafo healdan, ac ymb Hreosna-
beorh eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.
There was
strife and
struggle 'twixt...
- It is
pronounced Ludsdun. In 939
there was a
mound nearby called Hludes beorh -
suggesting that Hlud was a
prominent citizen. The church,
originally belonging...
-
Quantock Hills near
Broomfield in Somerset, England. The name
comes from
Rugan beorh or Ruwan-beorge
meaning Rough Hill. It is a
Scheduled Ancient Monument and...
-
dialectal variants including "burg"; it was also
sometimes confused with
beorh, beorg, 'mound, hill', on
which see Hall 2001, 69–70). The Old
English word...
-
encloses another 4
acres (16,000 m2). The name
Ruborough comes from
Rugan beorh or Ruwan-beorge
meaning Rough Hill. The
Dowsborough fort has an oval shape...
- of a
greenhouse on its
western side.
Cloven Barrow (Old
English Clofenan Beorh, or the 'barrow with a cleft') was
mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon do****ent...
- wæran
frome fyrd-hwate,
freode ne
woldon ofer
heafo healdan, ac ymb Hreosna-
beorh eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.
There was
strife and
struggle 'twixt...
-
dialectal variants including burg; it was also
sometimes confused with
beorh, beorg, 'mound, hill'. The Old
English word was
originally used for a fortified...
