The story
- Old English · derived frombūr“chamber, room”
- English todayBirley
From Old English būr (“chamber, room”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bower + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbūr all →
bowerBowers Giffordembower
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.