Middle English Dictionary Entry
burgh n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | burgh n.(2) Also burh, burȝe, burye, borewe, borwȝ. |
| Etymology | From burgh (1); infl. by berg, berwen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Refuge of an animal; lair, den, burrow.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2168 : Al Albanakes folc folden i-scohten, buten whilc þat þer atwond þurh wode burȝe [Otho: in wode oþer in borewe].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12312 : Ane swulche bare..her is bi-halues..þer he burh hafueð i-chosen.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)9 : Þis cowherd comes..Fast by-side þe borwȝ þere þe barn was inne.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.8.20 : Foxis han dichis, or borowis [L foveas], and briddis of the eir han nestis.
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)viii : Þei..faroweth þeir pygges in hir buryes.