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Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-leód

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1 burg-leód

pl. -leóde (-a); m. A burgess, citizen :-- Burgliód (-leód) municeps, Txts. 79, 1334: 180, 17. Buruhliód, An. Ox. 8, 221. Beorhleód, 7, 293. Sicelic burleód (burh-, Hpt. Gl. 499, 37) Siculus indigena, 3958. Burgleóda municipes, 4852. Burgleóde, 5, 40. Hé gelende tó þǽre byrig, and mid micle gefeán þára burgleóda (ciuium) onfangen wæs, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 24. Siracussa cyning þára burgleóda rex Syracusanus, 4, 1; S. 158, 14. Buruhleóda oppidorum, ciuium, Germ. 392, 65. Burhleódum civibus, Hy. S. 112, 1: Bl. H. 241, 23. Of beorhleódum de popularibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 56. Beorleódum municipibus, An. Ox. 8, 358. [O.H. Ger. burg-liut; pl. -liuti civis.] Take here burh-leóde in Dict., and see next two words. burg-leod
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᛚᛖᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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German

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bl.
Blickling Homilies
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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