be-myldan
To cover with mould or earth ⬩ to bury ⬩ inter ⬩ hide or put under ground ⬩ inhumare ⬩ humare
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To cover with mould or earth, to bury, inter, hide or put under ground; inhumare, humare Cot. 101
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ofer-hergian
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In þám cwylde þe þás burh oferhergode (vastavit) mid swýþlicum wóle and cwealme, Gr. D. 298, 23. Add
byrde
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Add: v. búr-, efen-, in-, þeów-, unge-byrde
ymb-weaxan
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to surround Seó burh wæs ungemettan fæste mid cludum ymbweaxen saxum mirae asperitatis et altitudinis Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 10
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mót-stów
A place of assembly ⬩ forum
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A place of assembly, forum Mótstów on burge forus (forum?) vel prorostra Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 43: 47, 22
Linked entry: gemót-stów
norþ
In a northerly position
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Hét Eádweard cyning átymbran ða norþran burg, 913; Erl. 100, 34. On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt norþmeste [ríce] micliende, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 12. Sciþþie ða norþmestan 1, 7; Swt. 40, 6. Óþ ða norþmestan næssan on eorþan, Met. 9, 43
feówer-scýte
Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus
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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Seó burh is feówerscýte the city is quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 21
Linked entries: feoðer-scéte feðer-scíte fiðer-scýte fyðer-scýte -scíte
slá
A sloe
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A sloe Slá brumela, bellicum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 26. Slág bellicum, Txts. 45, 289. Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw . . . gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18 - 20. Gewring tósomne swilce sié án sláh, 54, 6. Slán moros. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 33: ii. 56, 32
ceaster
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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.
byrnan
To burn, to be on fire ⬩ ardere ⬩ To burn ⬩ urere, comburere
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To burn; urere, comburere Swá fýr wudu byrneþ sicut ignis comburit sylvas, Ps. Th. 82, 10
frécnen-spræc
Using dangerous or mischievous speech.
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Using dangerous or mischievous speech
swǽlan
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To burn (trans.) Onǽl ł swǽl ł bærn lændenu ure renes Ps. Lamb. 25, 2. Hé sende of heofonum swǽlende lég, Wulfst. 213, 6
ed-staþelian
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edstaðelige þás burh Hiericho maledictus vir, qui suscitaverit et aedificaverit urbem Iericho, Jos. 6, 26. Add
festlíce
Firmly ⬩ vigorously ⬩ firmĭter
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Firmly, vigorously; firmĭter Hí on ða burh festlíce feohtende wǽron they were vigorously fighting against the town, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 11
stán-weall
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Ða hwíle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stánwealle, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 27. Ðæt wæter ( of the Red Sea ) him stód swilce stánweallas bufan heora heáfdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 27: Homl. Ass. 105, 104. Stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19
éðel-stól
paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation ⬩ patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium
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he ordered to burn up the city of the Romans, which was the metropolis of his whole empire.
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Róm
Rome
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Hé mid ealre his firde wið Róme weard farende wæs, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9. ¶ The combination Róme-, Róma-burh is also frequent :-- Wearþ Rómeburg getimbred fram twám gebróðrum, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 21.
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Ealleríca
Alaric, king of the Goths
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Alaric, king of the Goths Rædgota and Ealleríca Rómáne burig abrǽcon Rhadgast and Alaric broke into the city of Rome, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 2
ge-sibsumlíce
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Heó begeat on hire geweald . . . gesybsum-líce (contrast the capture of Derby, P. 101, 29) þá burh æt Ligraceastre, Chr. 918; P. 105, 22. Add