borgh

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᛒᚮᚱᚵᚼ

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

borgh f

1. fortification, stronghold
2. city
   • 2023, Skaldic Bard, The Last Varangians - Song in Old Swedish (yt):

     Wī ærom wæriara Miklagarths minnis æwærilds, wī frø̄gnom ey borghena thō dø̄dhen brat take oss, mædh øxo i hændi wæriom wī borghena

     We are the protectors of the eternal memory of Constantinople, we will not simply give up on the city even if death soon takes us, with ax in hand we protect the city

Declension

Declension of borgh (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	borgh	borghin	borghi(r), -e(r)	borghina(r), borghena(r)
accusative	borgh	borghina, -ena	borghi(r), -e(r)	borghina(r), borghena(r)
dative	borgh	borghinni, -inne	borghum, -om	borghumin, -omen
genitive	borgha(r)	borghinna(r)	borgha	borghanna

Descendants

• Swedish: borg