Be-byrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-byrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: byrian. be-byrian

Definitions

1 be-byrian

p. ede, ide; pp. ed To bury; sepelire :-- Ðæt hí móston ða deádan bebyrian that they might bury the dead, Ors. 3,1; Bos. 54, 29. Hine árlíce bebyride eum honorifice sepelivit, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 20.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛒᚣᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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