burh-séta
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A city-dweller, townsman, citizen; civis, oppidanus, Wrt. Voc. 18, 36
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burh-síta
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A city-dweller, citizen Burhsíta urbanus, Wrt. Voc. 34, 32
burh-steal
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A city-place; arcis locus, arx
burh-þelu
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A castle-floor
burh-tún
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A city-inclosure, city-dwelling; urbis septum, urbana domus
burh-wered
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A city-multitude; urbis multitudo Heánra burhwered vulgus vel plebs, Wrt. Voc. 18, 37
leód-burh
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A people's town, a town of a country, town occupied by a people Of ðysse leódbyrig [Sodom], Cd. 116; Th. 150, 33; Gen. 2501. Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471
Lunden-burh
London
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London Ðes geáres forbarn Lundenburh, Chr. 1077; Erl. 215, 12. Ða Bryttas forléton Kentland and mycclum ege flugon tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 456; Erl. 13, 29: 872; Erl. 76, 15. Ðý ilcan geáre gesette Ælfréd cyning Lundenburg, 886; Erl. 84, 26
medu-burh
A city in which mead is drunk ⬩ one in which mead-drinking warriors live
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A city in which mead is drunk, one in which mead-drinking warriors live On ðære medobyrig, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 2; Jud. 167. On meoduburgum, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 18; Bo. 16
rand-burh
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a town that acts as a shield (?), a fortified town, a frontier town (?) Ríce geréfa rondburgum weóld, eard weardade, Exon. Th. 243, 32; Jul. 19. Randbyrig ( the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea when the Israelites passed through it) wǽron rofene
ge-búan
To dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ versāri alĭquo lŏco ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ occupy ⬩ inhabĭtāre ⬩ incŏlĕre
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intrans. To dwell, abide; habĭtāre, versāri alĭquo lŏco Hí gebúdon betweoh Capadotiam and Pontum they abode between Cappadocia and Pontus, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 36. v. a. acc. To inhabit, occupy; inhabĭtāre, incŏlĕre Hú hit [ðæt hús] Hring-Dene gebún
Searo-burh
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Salisbury In ðære stówe ðe is genemned [æt] Searobyrg (-byrig, Searoburh, Sælesberi), Chr. 552; Th. pp. 28, 29. Tó Searebyrig, 1086; Th. 353, 18. To Searbyrig, 1003; Th. pp. 252, 253. [Seresbyrig (Særes-), 1123; Th. 374, 5, 20, 24, 34.]
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wyn-burh
A town where life is pleasant, ⬩ a delightful town
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A town where life is pleasant, a delightful town Þú eádig leofast, and ðé wel weorðeþ on wynburgum, Ps. Th. 127, 2
castel-burg
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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.]
burg-ealdor
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Hét se burhealdor ( alt. to burhge ealdor) þone bisceop him tó gefeccan, Hml. S. 22, 203. Add
burg-geat
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Add: the gate of a burg (v. burg, Ia) Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende, Ll. Th. i. 224, 7. þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele, Lch. i. 328, 24. [He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670
burg-geréfa
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Þá frægn se burhgeréfa (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 28) hyne, Shrn. 96, 30. Se burhgeréfa (cf. ðǽre burge geréfa, 12), 120, 14. Ðæs burhgeréfan (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 6) sunu ( praefecti filius, Ald. 60, 5), 56, 10: Hml. S. 23, 770. Ðá cwæþ Neron tó his burhgeréfan
burg-hege
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The fence of a 'burg' (v. burg, Ia) Andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte oð cyninges burghege (burge hege?), C.D.B. ii. 305. 26
burg-hleoþ
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Substitute: =(?) beorg-hliþ, q. v