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byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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A mancus of gold, or even a much higher sum, was usually paid in the case of a king or bishop, or of a person of high rank. the graves were no doubt arranged in rows and covered with small mounds, as in the older pagan cemeteries, except that the mounds

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þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Wé leornedon æt him ðæt wé flugen . . . and eác ðæt, ðæt wé his ege ús ne ondréden, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 23, Ic þæt wát, þæt ús gescildeþ weoruda Dryhten, Andr.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Grn. 13, 45. intrans. of living creatures, to place oneself, settle Se hálega gǽsð on tungena onlícnesse gesette ofer ðá apostolas super pastores primes in linguarum specie Spiritus sanctus insedit, Past. 93, l.

P

Grammar
P, For the Runic ᛈ , see peorð.

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