Burg-geat-setl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-geat-setl

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 burg-geat-setl

Substitute (for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat (right to sit) in a court held at the gate of a town' (cf. Grmm. R.A. 804) :-- Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and kycenan, bellhús and burhgeatsetl, Ll. Th. i. 190, 16. burg-geat-setl

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᚷᛠᛏ-ᛋᛖᛏᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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