Talk:barth
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[edit]Old Danish have Barth in the meaning of hill edge/rim or a connected number of hills.
Note here ex. the village name Båring, on the northwestern part of the isle of Funen, that in it's older form should be Barthung(i).
It might explain the English usage, if said hills offer shelter I guess..? (I think a few of the Jutish places with Boring have a somewhat similar meaning, i.e. lying between and below hills).
I've not found an english languaged source for the above, but if you google ex. "Båring" + "Barth", then a few Danish webpages should come up.
I'll point out that I've not found a link to an Oldnorse form, or Common Germanic, but my guess would be that it "might" exist.
Village names like Båring, Boring etc. can mostly just be found on Funen and in Jutland, so it might be purely Jutish or North Sea Germanic in origin?