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Both belong to the Anglo-Sax. beorgan, to protect, cover.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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-- E.Cf. hauberk, with its diminutive habergeon, < A. - S. heals, _neck_ + beorgan, _to cover_ or _protect_; and harbor, < A. - S. here,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Heó wäs on ôfste, wolde ût þanon feore beorgan, þâ heó onfunden wäs;
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Strengthened by se, sēo, þæt: sægde sē þe cūðe (_said he that knew_), 90; wæs se grimma gæst Grendel hāten, sē þe mōras hēold (_the grim stranger hight Grendel, he that held the moors_), 103; here-byrne ... sēo þe bān-cofan beorgan cūðe (_the corselet that could protect the body_),
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Hēo wæs on ofste, wolde ūt þanon fēore beorgan, þā hēo onfunden wæs;
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- E.Cf. hauberk, with its diminutive habergeon, < A. - S. heals, _neck_ + beorgan, _to cover_ or _protect_; and harbor, < A. - S. here,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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