bergle
(ˈbɜːg(ə)l)
Also bergell, -gill.
[Perh. the same word as bergylt: Jamieson refers it to ON. berg rock.]
The name of a rock-fish, the Wrasse, in Orkney.
| 1805 G. Barry Orkney Isl. 389 (Jam.) The Wrasse..has here got the name of bergle. 1795 Statist. Acc. Scot. XIV. 314 Fish..called in this country milds, bergills. |