A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ būrbyrde] (æ²) of peasant birth, Ct.

[ būrcniht] n. chamberlain, eunuch.

[ būrcot] n. bed-chamber, CP.

[ burg] (burh) f. (gds. and nap. byrig) any important dwelling within a walled enclosure, fort, castle, Chr, WW; CP: ‘borough,’ walled town, AO, Mt; Æ. [v. Mdf]

burg- v. also burh-.

[ burgāgend] m. city-owner, El 1175.

burgat = [burggeat]

[ burgbryce] m. breaking into a (fortified) dwelling, LL: penalty for that offence, LL.

burgen = [byrgen]

[ būrgerihta] np. peasant’s rights or dues, LL 446 (4).