Burg-man

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-man

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (burh-). Related words:

Definitions

1 burg-man

Add :-- Hé wæs ánes burhmannes sunu on Ysrahéla lande, Hml. A. 181, 10. Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge (Dover) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4. Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. [N.E.D. borough-man.] burg-man

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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