Burh-soír

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burh-soír

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 burh-soír

f. A city-boundary, city-liberty; urbis territorium :-- Ða yfelan leóda fíf burhscíra ðæs Sodomítisces eardes the evil people of the five city-boundaries of the Sodomitish land, Ælfc. T. 7, 20: Jos. 13; Thw. 152, 9: Cot. 148. burh-soir

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚻ-ᛋᚩᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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