bergh

From Middle English berwen, berghen, 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 (berečʹ) < *beregti (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”). Related to bury.

bergh (third-person singular simple present berghs, present participle berghing, simple past and past participle berghed)

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

• bergher
• berghman
• berghmaster
• berghmote

• 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.

bergh

1. (obsolete) Protection; shelter.

• 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 *bʰerǵʰ- (“height”). More at barrow.

bergh (plural berghs)

1. (Britain dialectal) A hill.

• bargh