Wín-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wín-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wín-burh

f. I. a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, a chief town. Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III :--Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast), Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinc-hroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera (Jerusalem), 219, 21; Dan. 58. Geond ða wínburg (the town of the Mermedonians), Andr. Kmbl. 3272; An. 1639. Se ðe wínburga geweald áhte, Exon. Th. 323, 11; Víd. 77. Wlonce wígsmiþas wínburgum in sittaþ æt symble, 314, 15; Mód. 14: 247, 23; Jul. 83. II. a walled vineyard :--For hwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his? wealdeþ his wínbyrig call, ðæt on wege færð ut quid deposuisti maceriam ejus; et vindemiant eam omnes, qui transeunt viam? Ps. Th. 79, 12. win-burh

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