burh-geþingþ
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The city council or assembly, L. Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 7
burh-land
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City-land; urbis solum
burh-riht
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The civil law; jus civile, Som. v. riht law
burh-spræc
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Civil or courtly speech, polite behaviour, urbanity; urbanus sermo, urbanitas, Cot. 202
burh-waran
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Inhabitants of a city; cives Wearþ eal here burhwarena blind all the multitude of the city-inhabitants became blind, Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491
burh-wealda
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A city-ruler, citizen; urbis rector, civis, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12, note 12
burh-weard
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A city-ward or guardian, city-defender; urbis custos vel defensor Hæfde abrocene burhweardas had slain the city-guardians, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 2; Exod. 39: Andr. Kmbl. 1320; An. 660
Linked entry: byri-weard
burh-wígende
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City-warring
burh-wita
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A knowing and polished man of the city, city-counsellor, citizen; urbanus, homo civilis, urbis consiliarius, municeps Portgeréfa vel burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. 18, 41
Byr-tún
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BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire; oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi Se cyng geaf him ðæt abbotríce on Byrtúine the king gave him the abbacy at Burton, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 16
hrygile-búc
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[?] Of ðam æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad. Chart. Th. 439, 26
Lygean-burh
Lenborough
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Lenborough, near Buckingham Hér Cúþwulf genom Lygeanburg, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13
récels-búc
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A vessel for holding incense Rýcelsbúce acerrâ (cf. fæte oððe glédfæte accerrâ, 5, 66 : hec acerra a schyp for censse, i. 230, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 36
Linked entry: búc
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