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winter-burna

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Add: cf. winter-wille

á-búgan

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Þá ábúgendan declinantes, Ps. L. 124, 5. Add

á-bútan

Similar entry: þǽr-ábútan

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-geat

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Add Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde ... bellhús and burhgeat(for burhgeat as implying tln importance of a residence see first passage under burh; I a), Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

burg-hege

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

burg-leóda

(n.)
Grammar
burg-leóda, Cf. land-leóda.

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burg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
burg-strǽt, a
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town-road On eásthealfe seó burhstrǽt, C. D. B. iii. 15, 11

Róme-burh

Similar entry: Róm

sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

Sceaftes-burh

(n.)

Shaftesbury

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Shaftesbury in Dorset Æt Sceaftesbyrig, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 9. Tó Scæftesbyrig, 980; Erl. 129, 34. See also Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 329, col. 1

weder-burh

(n.)
Grammar
weder-burh, f.

A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city

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A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city Him Dryhten bebeád, ðæt hé ða wederburg wunian sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 3390; An. 1699

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Chief town, capital, metropolis Forgeaf him wununge on Cantwarebyrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces heáfodburh he gave him a dwelling in Canterbury, that was the chief town of all his kingdom, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 31. Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig

heáh-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-burh, gen. -burge; f.

A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation

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A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation Ðǽr is Créca heáhburg there is the chief town of the Greeks, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 21: Beo. Th. 2258; B. 1127. Tó ðære heáhbyrig to the chief town [Babylon], Cd. 209; Th. 259, 30; Dan. 699. Se

ofer-búgan

(v.)

to avoid, shun

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(?)to avoid, shun Hié sindon suá micle wærlícor tó oferbúganne [ferbúgonne, Cott. MSS.] suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóþ tanto caute declinandi sunt quanto insane rapiuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 21. [Ofer is probably a mistake for fer

Linked entry: búgan

hleów-burh

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-burh, gen. -burge; f.

A city which affords shelter, protection,

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A city which affords shelter, protection, Beo. Th. 1828; B. 912: 3467; B. 1731

ge-bún

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bún, pp. of ge-búan, q. v.

inhabited

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inhabited, Ors. 1, 1, § 13; Bos. 20, 2, 3, 7;

bátwá

(adj.)
Grammar
bátwá, bútá, bútú, bútwú; adj. [bá both, twá two]

BOTH THE TWOboth

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BOTH THE TWO, both: Bátwá Adam and Eue both Adam and Eve, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 24; Gen. 765: Gen. 26, 35

Linked entry: bútú

burh-waru-man

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru-man, -mann, es; m.
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A citizen; civis, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12

ge-burh-scípe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-burh-scípe, es; m.

A townshipmunicipiummunicipatus

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A township; municipium, municipatus On ðam ylcan geburhscipe [MS. B. gebúrscipe] in the same township, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 21