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sǽ-burh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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a maritime town
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  • Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug (-caestrae, Rush.)

    habitavit in Capharnaum maritima

    (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ),
      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13.
Etymology
[Icel. sæ-borg a sea-side town.]
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v.  sǽ-ceaster.
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  • sǽ-burh, n.