𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 • (baurgs) f

1. castle, fort
2. city
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 9:35:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐍃 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹̈𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐌹𐌼 𐌹̈𐌶𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰.

     jah bitauh iēsus baurgs allōs jah haimōs laisjands ïn gaqumþim ïzē jah mērjands aiwaggēljōn þiudangardjōs jah hailjands allōs sauhtins jah alla unhailja.

     And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.:(KJV).

The attested dative plural, 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌼 (baurgim), is irregular compared to that of other consonant stems; *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌼 (*baurgum) is expected, but not attested. 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 (spaurds) declines similarly.

• 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (baurgswaddjus, “city wall”)
• 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰 (baurgja, “citizen”)

• 𐌱𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (bibaurgeins, “camp, fortified place”)