Middle English Dictionary Entry

burǧen v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To grow, sprout; put forth sprouts, branches, leaves, buds; blossom; also fig.; ~ out; burging flour, a flower coming out of the bud; (b) of animal organs: to grow out, protrude; (c) of a people: to reproduce, multiply.

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Note: Provisional revised form section: Also burgin, bo(u)rgen, bergin.--per MLL