burian

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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burian (plural burians)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A tomb; sepulchre.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A burial mound.
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A camp; hill-fort.

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