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burian

noun

Etymology

From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury.

  1. derived from *bʰergʰ-✻ — “to shelter, protect, save, preserve”
  2. inherited from *burginjō✻
  3. inherited from *burginnju✻
  4. inherited from byrġen
  5. inherited from burȝen

Definitions

  1. A tomb

    A tomb; sepulchre.

  2. A burial mound.

  3. A camp

    A camp; hill-fort.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA