freó-burh
A free city ⬩ lībĕra arx
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A free city; lībĕra arx He scolde gesécean freóburh he should seek the free city, Beo. Th. 1390; B. 693
freoðo-burh
A peaceful city ⬩ city of refuge ⬩ an asylum ⬩ pācis arx ⬩ asȳlum
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A peaceful city, city of refuge, an asylum; pācis arx, asȳlum He gesóhte freoðoburh he sought the peaceful city. Beo. Th. 1048; B. 522
friþ-burh
A town with which one is at peace, one included in the 'friþ' or peace made between two parties ⬩ pācis urbs
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A town with which one is at peace, one included in the 'friþ' or peace made between two parties; pācis urbs Ðéh hit [the ship] gedriuen beó and hit ætfleó to hwilcre friþbyrig and ða menn útætberstan into ðære byrig ðonne habban ða men friþ though it
ealdor-burh
A royal city, metropolis ⬩ rēgia arx, metrŏpŏlis
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A royal city, metropolis; rēgia arx, metrŏpŏlis On Cantwara byrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces ealdor-burh in civĭtāte Doruvernensi, quæ impĕrii sui tōtīus erat metrŏpŏlis. Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 19: I. 13; S. 482, 6. Godes ealdorburg God's royal city, Exon
Linked entry: aldor-burh
in-búan
to inhabit
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to inhabit Seðe inbýeþ in ðæm qui inhabitat in ipso, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 21
Lygean-burh
Lenborough
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Lenborough, near Buckingham Hér Cúþwulf genom Lygeanburg, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13
Glæstinga-burh
GLASTONBURY ⬩ Somerset
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GLASTONBURY, Somerset He getymbrade ðæt menster æt Glæstingabyrig he built the monastery at Glastonbury, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, note
Sear-burh
Similar entry: Searo-burh
Scrobbes-burh
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Shrewsbury Ðá férdon hí intó Stæffordscíre and intó Scrobbesbyrig, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 4. Cf. Civitas Scrobbensis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 137, 24
Gegnes-burh
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
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Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Chr. 1013
Linked entry: Génesburuh
scild-burh
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a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr
Linked entry: bord-haga
stán-burh
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a town built with stone, a walled town(?) Steápe stán-byrig, Cd. Th. 133, 17; Gen. 2212
un-burh
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(?)
under-burh
a suburb
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a suburb Of Gomorra underburgum de suburbanis Gomorrhae, Deut. 32, 32
burg-weorod
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An gewitnysse ðes hírédes æt Crístes cirican and ealles buruhweredes, C.D. ii. 3, 36. Add
burn-stów
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Andlang burnstówæ, C.D. iii. 175, 34. On ðá burnstówæ; of ðǽre burnstówæ, 176, 10. ?
burg-biscop
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The bishop of a city Hé fulluht underféng æt þám burhbiscope, H.R. 15, 16
burg-bót
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Add: Cf. ge-bétung
burg-bryce
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Add: v. N.E.D. burgh-breche
burg-gemet
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20