Ge-beorg

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-beorg

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-beorh, -berg;

ge-beorg
gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n. [ge-, and beorg a protection, refuge] A defence, protection, safety, refuge; præsĭdium, refŭgium, tutāmen, tuĭtio :-- Leófsunu ahóf bord to gebeorge Leofsunu raised up his buckler for defence, Byrht. Th. 138, 64; By. 245 : 135, 40; By. 131. Britwalum to gebeorge for the protection of the Brito-Welsh, Chr.189; Erl. 9, 26 : Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 32. ge-beorg
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