Obs. [OE. beorʓ, beorh ‘protection, shelter,’ only in compounds as scúr-beorʓ; f. the verb.] Protection, shelter. Hence Berghless a., shelterless, unprotected.
[c. 1000. Ags. Ps. xlv[i]. 1. Dryhten ys ure ʓebeorh.]
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 926. Ðin berȝ and tin werȝer ic ham. Ibid., 3048. Al ðat it fond Berȝles, it sloȝe in ðat lond.
