BELFRY (

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• MID

Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med.

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• LAT

Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a

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• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of

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• BERGEN

bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or

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• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the

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• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change from r to 1,—  cf. almery for armarium,—wrongly associated the origin of the word with " bell," and aided the restriction in meaning), a word in medieval siege-craft for a movable wooden tower of several stages, protected with raw hides, used for purposes of attack; also a watch-tower, particularly one with an alarm bell; hence any detached tower or campanile containing bells, as at Evesham, but more generally the ringing room or loft of the tower of a church (see TOWER) .