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burg

  • noun [ feminine ]
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burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §220; §262; §278; §323; §411; §562;
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a fortified place
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  • Becom hé tó þǽre cynelican byrig (

    ad urbem regiam), seó is nemned Bebbanburhg (-byrig, -burh, -burg, v.ll.). Ðá hé þá geseah ꝥ seó burh (buruh, burg, v.ll. )

    wæs tó þan fæst ꝥ hé ne mihte hié ábrecan, hé áslát þá túnas ymb þá burhg onweg,
      Bd. 3, 16; Sch. 265, 5-14.
  • Tó burge and tó wealle

    ad arcem et ad moenia,

      Kent. Gl. 287.
  • For íserne weall betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig (byrh,

    v.l.

    ),
      Past. 165, 10.
  • Hine wærlíce healdan on ðǽre byrg his módes

    intra mentis castra se munire,

      431, 6.
  • Hé tówearp ðá burg æt Hierusalem

    destruxit muros Ierusalem,

      311, 6.
  • Byrgum tómiddes þǽr þá ǽrendracan synd Godes inter apostolicas arces, Dóm. L. 284. I a.

    a residence surrounded by a wall

    (v. burg-geat) :-- Þá geáscode hé þone cyning on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád and þá burh útan beeóde ... Hié þone æþeling on þǽre byrig métton þǽr se cyning læg ofslægen, and þá gatu him tó belocen hæfdon, Chr. 755; P. 46, 28-48, 16.
  • Á hé mæig tindan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan,

      Angl. ix. 262, 16.
  • Burh hegegian,

      Ll. Th. i. 432, 16.
where the idea of fortification is at least not prominent,
a town, city
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  • Burh

    municipium,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 8.
  • Sió burg

    Siracusas,

      84, 33.
  • On þyssere byrig Babilonia, þe hwílon wæs æþelost burh ealra burha ... on ðárn twám burhum Bethsaida and Corozain ... þá burha ðreáde Críst,

      Wlfst. 194, 9-14, Bæðleem hátte seó buruh. Lch. iii. 60, 11, Ic nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende. Hml. S. 23, 542, ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig, 538: 677: 743.
  • Ánre burge riht

    jus civile,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 7.
  • Burge

    municipii,

      An. Ox, 5123.
  • Ðǽre burcge nama,

      Bt. 18, 2; F. 64, 18.
  • Ercebiscop Cantwara burhge,

      Bd. 2, 18; Sch. 182, 11.
  • His gemynd is micel on twám burgum ... In óðre birg ... in óðre birg,

      Mart. H. 194, 11-14.
  • Sé þe sit búton ðǽre berig

    suburbanus.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 45.
  • On þǽre burh

    in (Tribulanum) territorium,

      An. Ox. 4848.
  • On þǽre burh þæs nama wæs Garganus,

      Bl. H. 197, 28.
  • Biscop æt Florentie þǽre burh,

      Chr. 1059; P. 189, 5.
  • Of burug in burig

    de civitate in civitatem,

      Mt. L. 23, 34.
  • Hí Rómáne burig ábrǽcon,

      Bt. 1; F. 2, 3.
  • Monega byrg (byrig,

    v.l.

    ) tó gafolgieldum wurdon,
      Ors. 4, 5; S. 170, 6.
  • Ðás twá burh,

      Hml. Th. ii. 66, 28.
  • Ðára burga (buriga,

      L.), Lk. R. 4, 26.
  • Þæt ígland hæfð on him X byrg (

    decem civitates

    ),
      Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 18.
  • Monega byrig,

      2, 2; S. 66, 23.
  • Geond þá byrig,

      3, 7; S. 114, 30.
  • v. castel-, eardung-, sǽ-burh; burge?.
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  • burg, n.