[OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

[Ken Guest]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/6/5 Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk>:
> >
> > 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!



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