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city or town.dat

Lemma: burh "city or town" (oe-dat)

burh

N

city or town

Variation of: burg "city or town"
Inflected forms
byrig "city or town.dat" (oe-dat)
Paradigms

burg

N

city or town; fortified place: fortress, castle

Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia (byrig), Exeter Book Riddle 5 (burgum)

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)
Variations
burh "city or town"
Paradigms