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fóre-burh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fóre-burh, gen. -burge; dat. -byrig, -birig; f.
a fore-court, entrance-court, vestibule; vestĭbŭlum
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  • Hig etaþ ða hláfas on ðæs geteldes fórebirig

    comĕdent pānes in tabernācŭli testĭmōnii vestĭbŭlo,

    • Ex. 29, 32.
a wall before a fortification; pro-mūrāle, mūrus ante mūrum, dictum ex eo quod pro mūnītione sit [Du Cange]
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  • Fóreburh

    promūrāle,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 55
    • ;
    • Som. 66, 118
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 36, 38.
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