Burh-sittend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burh-sittend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: burg-sittend, es; Related words: burh-sittende. burh-sittend

Definitions

1 burh-sittend

m. A city-dweller, an inhabitant of a city, citizen; urbis incola, civis :-- Ðú scealt sunu ágan, ðone sculon burhsittende Isaac hátan thou shall have a son, whom the city-dwellers shall call Isaac, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 12; Gen. 2326: 136; Th. 172, 2; Gen. 2838. Ðá wurdon blíðe burhsittende then the citizens became merry, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 37; Jud. 159: Cd. 188; Th. 235, 1; Dan. 299. Ðæt is wíde cúþ burhsittendum that is widely known to the city-dwellers, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 18; Gen. 2815: 210; Th. 261, 11, 23; Dan. 724, 730. His gebídan ne mágon burgsittende citizens cannot wait for him, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 34; Met. 27, 17: Elen. Kmbl. 552; El. 276.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚻ-ᛋᛁᛏᛏᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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