Burg-steal

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-steal

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 burg-steal

m. [burg a fortress, city, steal a place] A city-place; arcis locus, arx :-- Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29. [Ger. M. H. Ger. burgstall.] burg-steal

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᛋᛏᛠᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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