Burg-tún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-tún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 burg-tún

m. A BOROUQH-TOWX, city-inclosure, city-dwelling; urbis septum, urbana domus :-- Sindon burgtúnas brérum beweaxne the city-dwellings are overgrown with briers, Exon. 115b; Th. 443, 16; Kl. 31. burg-tun

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᛏᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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