BURH
to defend ⬩ arx, castellum, mons ⬩ a castle ⬩ a fortified place, fortress, castle, palace, walled town, dwelling surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth ⬩ arx, castellum, mons, palatium, urbs munita, domus circumvallata ⬩ Peter's burg = Peterborough ⬩ a city, town, burgh, borough ⬩ urbs, civitas, oppidum
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[Burch MS.], ðe ǽr hét Medeshámstede the Abbot Kenulf first made the wall about the minster, and gave it then the name Burh = Similar entries Burg [Petres burh Peter's burg = Peterborough] which before was called Meadow-home-stead, Chr. 963;
Linked entries: burcg burg burga BURH burhg burh-staðol burug buruh buruh-þelu byrig byri-weard
burh-geat
A city-gate ⬩ urbis porta
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Fóre burg-geatum before the city-gates, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 20; Hö. 38
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-geat
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[He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) Hé férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl. H. 213, 33
burg-weg
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a road to a burg (v. burg, Ia) Andlang burhslædes on burhwege, C.D. vi. 137, 20. a road in a town (v. burg, II), a street Hí námon ungeríme sceattas, and ealle ðá tówurpon geond þás rúman burhwegas, Hml. S. 23, 289
burg-síta
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Dele, and see burg-wita
burg-þegen
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A thane living in a burg Alle míne burhðegnes on Lundene, C.D. iv. 213, 4: 214, 32: 221, 13
burg-wille
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A spring that supplies a burg(?) Onlong bróces ðæt on burhwellan, of burhwellan on ðá burhwalles, C.D. iii. 394, 28
burg-geréfa
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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, Bl. H. 189, 28. [A burhrene urbis prefectus, Kath. 1904.]
burg-ealdor
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Hét se burhealdor ( alt. to burhge ealdor) þone bisceop him tó gefeccan, Hml. S. 22, 203. Add
burg-leód
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Ger. burg-liut; pl. -liuti civis.] Take here burh-leóde in Dict., and see next two words
burg-man
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Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4. Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. Add
burg-staþol
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Substitute: The foundation of the wall of a burg (v. burg, Ia) Nim his lifre, tódǽl and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra and þínra burhstaþola, and þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele. Lch. i. 328, 23
burg-leód
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The people of a town Hié áspónon him tó fultume Corinthum þá burgleóde ( or pl, from burg-leód, es; m.? ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 24. Cf. land-leód
burg-spræc
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Substitute: <b>burg-sprǽc,</b> -spǽc, e; f. Elegant speech Gleáwnesse burhsprǽce dissertudinem urbanitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 52. Burhspǽce urbanitatis, eloquentiae loquela, Hpt. Gl. 404, 40: An. Ox. 9, 13
burg-bryce
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N.E.D. burgh-breche
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-hleoþ
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Substitute: =(?) beorg-hliþ, q. v
burg-lagu
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Civil law Burglage jus civile, Germ. 388, 18
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burg-leóda
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A citizen, burgess Burhleódan municipes. Hpt. Gl. 517, 70. Cf. land-leódan; pl. under land-leód; m