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burh-leóde

  • noun [ masculine ]
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burh-leóde, nom. acc; gen. -leóda; dat. -leódum; pl. m.
Town-people, citizens; cives
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  • Him ða burhleóde wiðcwǽdon

    the citizens withstood him,

      Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 6: Cd. 226; Th. 300, 7; Sat. 561: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 14; Jud. 187: 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud. 175.
Etymology
[O. Sax. burg-liudi incolœ, cives.]
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v.  leód.
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