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burg-geréfa

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burg-geréfa, (burh-).
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  • Þá frægn se burhgeréfa (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 28) hyne,

      Shrn. 96, 30.
  • Se burhgeréfa (cf. ðǽre burge geréfa, 12),

      120, 14.
  • Ðæs burhgeréfan (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 6) sunu (

    praefecti filius,

      Ald. 60, 5), 56, 10: Hml. S. 23, 770.
  • Ðá cwæþ Neron tó his burhgeréfan, Bl. H. 189, 28. [A burhrene

    urbis prefectus,

      Kath. 1904.
    ]
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Etymology
[The word does not seem to occur as the title of an English official, though it is said in Ll. Th. i. 194, 2-4: Ic Ædelstán cýðe þám geréfan tó hwilcere birig. In a Latin charter the praepositus of Oxford (praepositus ciuitatis Oxnaford, C.D. iv. 285) is mentioned, and in this and in similar cases Kemble supposes a burh-geréfa to be meant. v. Saxons in England, ii. pp. 171-3.]
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