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býrgean

  • verb
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to taste; gustare
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  • He byreþ blódig wæl, býrgean þenceþ, eteþ unmurnlíce

    he will bear off my bloody corpse, will resolve to taste it, will eat it without repugnance,

      Beo. Th. 901; B. 448.
Derived forms
DER. a-býrgan.
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v. býrgan.
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