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burh-hleoþ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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burh-hleoþ, burg-hleoþ, es; n.
A fortress-height, the hill on which a city is built; clivus montis, in quo arx vel urbs sita est
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  • Forbærned burhhleoðu

    scorched fortress-heights,

      Cd. 146; Th. 182, 3; Exod. 70.
  • Ic eom brungen of burghleoðurn

    I am brought from fortress-heights,

      Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 17; Rä. 28, 2.
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v. beorh-hliþ.
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v.  burg-hleoþ.
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  • burh-hleoþ, n.