Burg-steall

Old English Dictionary Entry

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (burh-). Related words: Angl. xix. 463), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. Cf. tún-steall. burg-steall

Definitions

Add: The site of a town (?), a hill (?) :-- Helde, burhsteal cliv(i)um, i. discensum (cf. cum ascenderent clivum civitatis, I Reg. ix. 11.

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"