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Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-scír

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1 burg-scír

Substitute: A township, town or city with the district belonging to it, and add :-- Þǽre burhscíre Hipponensis (pontifex), An. Ox. 5400. Hé hine gesette tó bisceope þǽre burhscíre (Alexandria), Hml. S. 15, 24. Ealle ðá hysecild þǽre burhscíre omnes pueros in Bethleem et in omnibus finibus ejus, Hml. Th. i. 82, 11. Tó ánre burhscíre ðe is gecíged Cesarea Philippi in partes Caesareae Philippi, 364, 14: 366, 5: ii. 110, 6. Pictauienscisce woldon habban ðone ylcan þe hí ǽr álǽndon of heora burhscíre, 518, 21. Ne ára ðú nánum ríce ne ǽnigre burhscíre non parcet oculus tuus ulli regno, omnemque urbem munitam subjugabis mihi, Hml. A. 103, 48. burg-scir
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᛋᚳᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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