bärga

== Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish biærgha, bærgha, from Old Norse bjarga, from Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-. Cognate of Icelandic bjarga, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 (bairgan), German bergen, Old English beorgan. === Verb === bärga (present bärgar, preterite bärgade, supine bärgat, imperative bärga) to salvage (recover, most commonly (something on) a sunken vessel, or a vehicle that has broken down) to recover (when more idiomatic – see the picture for example) (crops) to harvest, to garner (gather in (cut crops)) (sails) to furl (reflexive) to contain oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bärgare bärgning välbärgad ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: pärjätä ==== See also ==== bogsera slåtter === References === “bärga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bärga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bärga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)