burh-sittend
- noun [ masculine ]
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Ðú scealt sunu ágan, ðone sculon burhsittende Isaac hátan
thou shall have a son, whom the city-dwellers shall call Isaac,
- Cd. 106; Th. 140, 12; Gen. 2326: 136; Th. 172, 2; Gen. 2838.
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Ðá wurdon blíðe burhsittende
then the citizens became merry,
- Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 37; Jud. 159: Cd. 188; Th. 235, 1; Dan.
299.
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Ðæt is wíde cúþ burhsittendum
that is widely known to the city-dwellers,
- Cd. 135; Th. 170, 18; Gen. 2815: 210; Th. 261, 11, 23; Dan. 724,
730.
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His gebídan ne mágon burgsittende
citizens cannot wait for him,
- Bt. Met. Fox 27, 34; Met. 27, 17: Elen. Kmbl. 552; El. 276.
Bosworth, Joseph. “burh-sittend.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5465.
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