burh-weall
- noun [ masculine ]
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Burhweall
mœnia,
- Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 66, 116; Wrt. Voc. 36, 36.
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Léton ðone hálgan burhwealle néb
they left the saint near the city-wall,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1666; An. 835.
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Beorhte burhweallas
bright city-walls,
- Cd. 220; Th. 282, 31; Sat. 295.
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Brecan ðone burgweal
to break through the city-wall,
- Exon. 83b; Th. 315, 28; Mod. 38: 22a; Th. 61, 1; Cri. 978.
Bosworth, Joseph. “burh-weall.” 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/5478.
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