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10 Oct 2026, 00:14 by bogdan “Link word forms in etymologies” current version
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==Etymology==
− It is probably [[bor|nl|belegeren|t=to besiege]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[af|nl|be-|leger|t1=around|t2=camp]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Barnhart prefers Low German ''belegeren'', a word of the same form.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Etymonline calls it a word of the Flemish wars, and says the English spelling was influenced by the unrelated word [[league]].^(Etymonline)
+ It is probably [[bor|nl|belegeren|t=to besiege]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[af|nl|be-|leger|t1=around|t2=camp]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Barnhart prefers Low German [[m|nds|belegeren]], a word of the same form.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Etymonline calls it a word of the Flemish wars, and says the English spelling was influenced by the unrelated word [[league]].^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==