- eorðbyrig
- f (-e/-a) earthwork, mound, embankment, road; an earth mound or burying place
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
eorðbyrig
Look at other dictionaries:
eorðburh — see eorðbyrig … Old to modern English dictionary
eorðburg — f ( byrg/ byrg) an earth mound; [gen sing eorðburgbyrg, eorðburgbyrig, eorðburgburge; dat sing eorðburgbyrg, eorðburgbyrig; nom/acc pl eorðburgbyrg, byrig; gen pl eorðburgburga; dat pl eorðburgburgum] … Old to modern English dictionary
earthwork — (n.) 1630s, from EARTH (Cf. earth) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.). In this sense O.E. had eorðbyrig; O.E. eorðweorc meant work on the land … Etymology dictionary
