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castel-burg

(n.)
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a fortified place ? Hec sunt confinia . . . inde in montem susibrem urbs antiqua et postea bi þǽre aldan cestelbyrig on nunnena beorgas, C. D. B. i. 205, 8. [Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]

bul-berende

(adj.)
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glosses bullifer. Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 71

Linked entry: bul

burg-ealdor

Grammar
burg-ealdor, (burh-).
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Hét se burhealdor ( alt. to burhge ealdor) þone bisceop him tó gefeccan, Hml. S. 22, 203. Add

burg-hleoþ

Grammar
burg-hleoþ, (l. -hliþ).
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Substitute: =(?) beorg-hliþ, q. v

burg-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
burg-lagu, e; f.
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Civil law Burglage jus civile, Germ. 388, 18

Linked entry: lagu

burg-leóda

(n.)
Grammar
burg-leóda, an; m.
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A citizen, burgess Burhleódan municipes. Hpt. Gl. 517, 70. Cf. land-leódan; pl. under land-leód; m

burg-rǽden

Grammar
burg-rǽden, (burh-).
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Substitute for Cot. 128 Burhrǽddenne municipatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 67

burg-scipe

Grammar
burg-scipe, (burh-).
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Burgscipe municipium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 13. Burhscipe, 54, 66. Burhscipe, eardung municipatus, An. Ox. 4853. Add

burg-tún

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burg-weall

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In Lucan þǽre cæstre ... seó eá flóweþ be þám burhwealle ( juxta urbis muros ), Gr. D. 192, 16. On ðá burhwalles; of ðám burhwallan ... cn suðwardne ðone burhwal, C.D. iii. 394, 28-30. Pharao hét hí wyrcan his burhweallas (cf. hig getimbrodun Pharaones

burg-weard

Grammar
burg-weard, (burh-).
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burg-wíta

Grammar
burg-wíta, (burh-). l, -wita,
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and add Burhwita urbanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 44. Burhwita (printed -sita) vel burhman urbanus, 34, 32. Þis cýdde se bisceop þám burhwiton on Exanceastre, Cht. Crw. 9, 130

ealdor-burh

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Ealdorburh metropolis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 24: Hpt. 33, 239, 19. Add

in-burh

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Inbirig uestibule, i. atrii, An. Ox. 3828. In[byrig?] atria, 8, 214. Add

Lunden-burh

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On Lundenbyrig, C. D. vi. 80, 12. Add

lyni-bor

Grammar
lyni-bor, l. lyni-bor, and for Wrt. Voc. ii. l.
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Wrt. Voc. i

líc-burg

(n.)
Grammar
líc-burg, e; f.
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A city of the dead, a cemetery: — Lícburg cimiterium, Txts. 51, 472

næfe-bor

Linked entry: bór

nafu-bor

(n.)
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an auger Hé sceal fela tóla tó túne tilian . . . æcse, adsan . . . sage, . . næfebor, Angl. ix. 263, 3. Cf. nafu-gár

Linked entry: næfe-bor

burg-geriht

(n.)
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a town-due Hwylce gerihta langon intó Tántúne . . . Of Þ ám lande æt Nigon hídon . . . burhgerihtu, Cht. Th. 432, 23. Burgerihta, 433, 18

Linked entry: ge-riht

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