Býrgean

Old English Dictionary Entry

Býrgean

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: býrgan. byrgean

Definitions

1 býrgean

to taste; gustare :-- He byreþ blódig wæl, býrgean þenceþ, eteþ unmurnlíce he will bear off my bloody corpse, will resolve to taste it, will eat it without repugnance, Beo. Th. 901; B. 448. DER. a-býrgan.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚣᚱᚷᛠᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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