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burg-steall

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burg-stede

(n.)

a city-place, city,

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a city-place, city, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 10; Gú. 1291: 124a; Th. 476, 3; Ruin. 2

burg-sittende

(adj.)

city-dwelling, inhabiting a city,

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city-dwelling, inhabiting a city, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 24; Gen. 1089: Exon. 12b; Th. 21, 20; Cri. 337: 53a; Th. 186, 14; Az. 19: 106b; Th. 407, 10; Rä. 26, 3

burg-waru

(n.)

the inhabitants of a city as in a body,

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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096

burg-geat

(n.)

a city-gate

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a city-gate, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842

burg-weorod

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burg-weorod, -wered body of citizens.
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An gewitnysse ðes hírédes æt Crístes cirican and ealles buruhweredes, C.D. ii. 3, 36. Add

burn-stów

(n.)
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burn-stów, e; f.
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Andlang burnstówæ, C.D. iii. 175, 34. On ðá burnstówæ; of ðǽre burnstówæ, 176, 10. ?

burg-biscop

(n.)
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burg-biscop, es; m.
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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-gemet

(n.)
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burg-gemet, es; n.
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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

burg-riht

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burg-riht, (burh-).
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Substitute: Town-right, law in a town Ne sceall hé ( the bishop ) geþafian ǽnig unriht ... ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽghwilc lahriht, ge burhriht ge landriht, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

burg-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
burg-rúne, an; -rún, e; f. [Substitute these for burh-rúnan.]
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A sorceress Burgrúnan furiae. Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 42. Burhrúnan, 151, 76. Burgrúnae (-e) parcas, Txts. 86, 761. Burgrúnan, An. Ox. 38, 2. Cf. hægtess(e)

burg-sǽta

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burg-sǽta, -séta (-seta ?) (burh-).
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Burgsétan oppidani, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 71. Add

burg-scír

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burg-scír, (burh-).
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Substitute: A township, town or city with the district belonging to it, and add Þǽre burhscíre Hipponensis (pontifex ), An. Ox. 5400. Hé hine gesette tó bisceope þǽre burhscíre ( Alexandria ), Hml. S. 15, 24. Ealle ðá hysecild þǽre burhscíre omnes pueros

burg-slæd

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Andlang burhslædes, C.D. vi. 137, 19

burg-stal

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burg-stal, -stól.
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Dele

burg-steall

Grammar
burg-steall, (burh-).
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Add: The site of a town (?), a hill (?) Helde, burhsteal cliv(i)um, i. discensum (cf. cum ascenderent clivum civitatis, I Reg. ix. 11. v. Angl. xix. 463), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. Cf. tún-steall

burg-waran

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burg-waran, -ware.
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Add: , -waras (-weras). [Though plural forms are most frequent, the singular seems to be used in the following Yldest burhwara proceres, burhwara cives, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 40, 35 (cf.ceaster-gewara)] :-- Wǽron ealle þá burgware Cartaginenses mid wópe

burg-bót

(n.)
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This part of the trimoda necessitas is variously rendered in the Latin charters, e.g. arx; arx construenda, arcis (arcium) confectio, constructio, necessaria defensio contra hostes, edificatio, exercitium, instructio, iuuamen, munimen, munimentum, munitio

burg-hege

(n.)
Grammar
burg-hege, Cf. hegian.