Noun: bearg
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | bearg |
| Plural | beargas |
Genitive
| Singular | bearges |
| Plural | bearga |
Dative
| Singular | bearge |
| Plural | beargum |
Accusative
| Singular | bearg |
| Plural | beargas |
Sample Sentences
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Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn
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bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda,
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won wrōtende • wynnum lifde
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I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine, (lived rooting with joy.) [Exeter Book, riddle 40]
Nouns inflected like bearg
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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. See: Dutch Nouns '
barg', Old Norse Nouns '
bǫrgr'.
Verbs referencing "bearg"
Middle English Nouns
barow.
Translations