Burg-man

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - burg-man

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(burh-).

burg-man
Add :-- Hé wæs ánes burhmannes sunu on Ysrahéla lande, Hml. A. 181, 10. Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge (Dover) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4. Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. [N.E.D. borough-man.] burg-man
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