borg

Etymology

Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ɡ

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

1. cyborg
   • 2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQs:

     You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget.

Verb

borg (third-person singular simple present borgs, present participle borging, simple past and past participle borged)

1. Alternative spelling of Borg

Anagrams

• Grob, brog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrv/, [b̥ɒːˀw]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Related to bjerg (“mountain”).

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Etymology 3

See borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

borg m (plural borgen)

1. surety
2. guarantor
3. deposit

Verb

borg

1. singular past indicative of bergen
2. first-person singular present indicative of borgen
3. imperative of borgen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɹk/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Related to berg (“mountain”), bjørg (“mountain side”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish borg, from Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Related to berg, bjarg (“rock, cliff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrk/
• Rhymes: -ɔrk

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

1. city
2. castle
3. a rocky hill (with cliffs)

Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Mutation

References

• "borg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Noun

borg m, f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

1. a castle (fortified building)

References

• “borg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Noun

borg f (definite singular borga, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

1. a castle

References

• “borg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /borɡ/, [borˠx]

Noun

borg m (nominative plural borgas)

1. pledge

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, whence also Old English burh (English borough), Old Saxon and Old High German burg (German Burg), Frankish *burg, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). Related to bjarg.

Noun

borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)

1. A city, town (often fortified)
2. A castle
3. Any fortified place

References

• borg in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish borgh (“fortress, city”), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English, from cyborg.