-bury

Bury bury English Etymology From en ang byriġ, the dative case of ang burg fortified place (whence en borough); en -borough -burg 1. 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 en in, en at, en to etc.). Pronunciation en /-bɹi/ /-bəɹi/ /-bɹɪ/ /-bəɹɪ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--bury.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--bury2.wav Southern England en /-bɹi/ /-bɘɹi/ NZ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--bury.wav Southern England Suffix proper noun-forming suffixes A placename suffix indicating a fortified place. en Barry Cunliffe 3 Danebury Hillfort Stroud Tempus 1983 Some of these hilltops – Sidbury, Quarley, Danebury and Woolbury – were later, in the sixth and fifth centuries, appropriated for the building of hillforts. Synonyms en -borough en -boro en -burg en -burgh Derived terms en Anagrams en bruy Ruby ruby en terms containing fossilized case endings terms with /ʌ~ʊ/ for Old English /y/