On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/6/5 Ed Loach <[email protected]>: > > > > Burg: a fortress or a walled town > > (according to my 1990 vintage Chambers English Dictionary). > > > > So I'd say the English for burg is burg, and yes this is pointless. > > thanks a lot. In old-English you could also say "burh". > and most likely in Old German too. damn but Tolkien was a fine philologist! -- http://short.ie/savenenaghhospital/
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