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burh

N

city or town

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/5434, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burh#Old_English

Consistency issue

POS specified for derived word

Variation of: burg 'city or town'

Inflected forms

byrig 'city or town.dat' (oe-dat) in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia

Paradigms

burg
N
city or town; fortified place: fortress, castle
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burg#Old_English
originates from: PGmc *burg- 'fortified place, town' through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:85)
Inflected forms
burgum 'city or town.dat.pl' (oe-dat-pl) in Exeter Book Riddle 5
Paradigms