burian
See also: Burian
English
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Etymology
From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-Germanic *burginnijō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English byrgan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury.
Noun
burian (plural burians)
- (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A tomb; sepulchre.
- (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A barrow; mound; tumulus
- (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A camp; hill-fort.
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