Also bergell, -gill. [Perh. the same word as BERGYLT: Jamieson refers it to ON. berg rock.] The name of a rock-fish, the Wrasse, in Orkney.
1805. G. Barry, Orkney Isl., 389 (Jam.). The Wrasse … has here got the name of bergle.
1795. Statist. Acc. Scot., XIV. 314. Fish … called in this country milds, bergills.
