Meaning

noun the quantity that a barrow will hold

noun (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

noun a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

originFrom Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and bergh. Cognates Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus,…

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