- byrig
- see burg, and gen/dat sing of burg
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
byrig
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byrig- — see byrg , burh … Old to modern English dictionary
eorðbyrig — f ( e/ a) earthwork, mound, embankment, road; an earth mound or burying place … Old to modern English dictionary
Beri — This name is of English topographic or locational origin deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century byrig , the dative case of burh meaning a fortified place . The Medieval English beri , biri and buri denoted a fortified manor house and was… … Surnames reference
Berrey — This name is of English topographic or locational origin deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century byrig , the dative case of burh meaning a fortified place . The Medieval English beri , biri and buri denoted a fortified manor house and was… … Surnames reference
Berrie — This name is of English topographic or locational origin deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century byrig , the dative case of burh meaning a fortified place . The Medieval English beri , biri and buri denoted a fortified manor house and was… … Surnames reference
Burry — This name is of English topographic or locational origin deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century byrig , the dative case of burh meaning a fortified place . The Medieval English beri , biri and buri denoted a fortified manor house and was… … Surnames reference
Bury — This name is of English topographic or locational origin deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century byrig , the dative case of burh meaning a fortified place . The Medieval English beri , biri and buri denoted a fortified manor house and was… … Surnames reference
Berry — This is an ancient English surname of topographic or locational origin. It derives either from the pre 7th century byrig , meaning a fortified place or the later beri , or buri denoting a fortified manor house. Topographically the surname was… … Surnames reference
Marksbury — Coordinates: 51°21′31″N 2°28′44″W / 51.3587°N 2.4790°W / 51.3587; 2.4790 … Wikipedia
Borough — (engl., spr. börro; in älterer angelsächs. Wortform Byrig, Borge, Borgh oder Borhoe, identisch mit dem deutschen Burg) bezeichnete ursprünglich einen geschützten, zur Zuflucht vor feindlichen Angriffen dienenden Platz. Zur Zeit der Angelsachsen… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
