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Old English Dictionary Entry

Burh-hleoþ

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1 burh-hleoþ

n. A fortress-height, the hill on which a city is built; clivus montis, in quo arx vel urbs sita est :-- Forbærned burhhleoðu scorched fortress-heights, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 3; Exod. 70. Ic eom brungen of burghleoðurn I am brought from fortress-heights, Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 17; Rä. 28, 2.
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚻ-ᚻᛚᛇᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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