单词 | burian |
释义 | † buriann. Obsolete exc. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] buriels854 througheOE burianOE graveOE lairc1000 lair-stowc1000 lich-restc1000 pitOE grass-bedOE buriness1175 earth housec1200 sepulchrec1200 tombc1300 lakec1320 buriala1325 monumenta1325 burying-place1382 resting placea1387 sepulturea1387 beda1400 earth-beda1400 longhousea1400 laystow1452 lying1480 delfa1500 worms' kitchen?a1500 bier1513 laystall1527 funeral?a1534 lay-bed1541 restall1557 cellarc1560 burying-grave1599 pit-hole1602 urn1607 cell1609 hearse1610 polyandrum1627 requietory1631 burial-place1633 mortuary1654 narrow cell1686 ground-sweat1699 sacred place1728 narrow house1792 plot1852 narrow bed1854 OE Cynewulf Elene 186 Ond hu ðy þriddan dæge of byrgenne beorna wuldor of deaðe aras, dryhten ealra hæleða cynnes, ond to heofonum astah. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 20 Wa eow..forðam ge synt gelice hwitum byrgenum. c1160 Hatton G. Matt. xxiii. 20 Ȝelic hwite beriene. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 111 [He forðfarene] mon fereð to buriene. 2. Scottish. ‘A mound, a tumulus; or, a kind of fortification’ (Jamieson). Usually applied in south of Scotland to a prehistoric ‘camp’ or hill fort. ΚΠ 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 522 [Kirkpatrick-Juxta] There are a great number of Cairns or burians. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 528 [Westerkirk] There is a great number of burians in this parish. These are all of a circular form, and are from 36 to 50 yards diameter. They are supposed by some to be remains of Pictish encampments. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 599 Burians are to be seen in different places, whether British towns or asylums for cattle. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 285 Over the whole of this border district are to be found multitudes of these rude circular fortifications..denominated burians..usually situated on the rising ground that is nearest to the farmstead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.OE |
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