Definition of Byrig. Meaning of Byrig. Synonyms of Byrig

- (particularly in the East Anglian region of England and Scotland) "burgh". Byrig was the plural form of burh and burg: "forts", "fortifications". It was...
- brings reinforcements. Ragnall captures the partially built burh of Eads Byrig and demands they cede Ceaster to him, but Uhtred knows Ceaster's fortifications...
- At the Battle of Beran Byrig or Beranburh the West Saxons are said to have defeated the Britons at Barbury Castle hillfort near Swindon in 556 AD. The...
- burgum ge buton burgum. & gewitnes sy geset to ælcere byrig & to æl**** hundrode. To ælcere byrig ****VI syn gecorone to gewitnesse; to smalum burgum & to...
- rivers Sockburn : ( Socca..byrig ) (8th cent.) The most likely explanation for the unusual Scottish Gaelic name ( Socca..byrig ) is that it was introduced...
- site of Liddington Castle on the hill above Badbury (Old English: Baddan byrig) in Wiltshire. This site commands The Ridgeway, which connects the River...
- early English times over 1,000 years ago. Eald being Old English for 'old', Byrig is the plural of 'burh' in Old English – a burh being a fortification or...
- the indigenous Brittonic name with the Old English suffixes -burh and -byrig, denoting fortresses or their adjacent settlements.) The longer name was...
- following the defeat of the Romano-British at the Battle of Beranburgh, Beran Byrig or Beranbyrig in AD 556, the site of which is just north of the castle....
- clearly been fortified so the Jutes called it Eald-byrig from the Anglo-Saxon eald (old) and byrig (fortified place). The chalk North Downs have a layer...