Bergh

From Middle English berghen, berwen, berȝhen, berȝen, from Old English beorgan ("to save, deliver, preserve, guard, defend, fortify, spare, beware of, avoid, guard against"), from Proto-Germanic *berganą ("to shelter, protect"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhergh- ("to protect, defend, save, preserve"). Cognate with Dutch bergen ("to store, save, rescue"), German bergen ("to salvage, recover, hise, rescue, save"), Icelandic bjarga ("to save"), Russian беречь (beréch' < beregti, "to protect, defend, save, preserve"). Related to bury.

Full definition of bergh

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To give shelter; protect; preserve; deliver; save.

Derived terms

• bergher
• berghman
• berghmaster
• berghmote

Related terms

• berman
• barmaster
• barmoot

From Middle English berg, berȝ, berȝe, from Old English beorg (in compounds.) (compare scūrbeorg ("roof, shelter from the storm")), from Old English beorgan ("to shelter, protect"). See above.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Protection; shelter.

Derived terms

• berghless

From Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg ("mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place"), from Proto-Germanic *bergaz ("hill, mountain"), from Proto-Indo-European *bÊ°ergÊ°- ("height"). More at barrow.

Noun

1. (UK dialectal) A hill.

Related terms

• bargh