English Explanatory Dictionary

-bury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A placename suffix indicating a fortified place.

Pronunciation

/-bɹi/ /-bəɹi/ /-bɹɪ/ /-bəɹɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--bury.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--bury2.wav /-bɘɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--bury.wav

Word forms

-bury

Etymology

From Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”) (whence borough); doublet of -borough and -burg. Due to the collapse of the case system between Old and Middle English, many placenames retain a fossilized dative form, as places would most commonly have been invoked in the dative (after a preposition in, at, to etc.).

Synonyms

-borough -boro -burg -burgh
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