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  • Byrþen

    sarcina,

      Wülck. Gl. 257, 5.
literal,
material carried, a load
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  • Án bryþen mealtes,

      Shrn. 159, 7.

  • Áne byrðene wudes,

      Cht. Th. 606, 15.

  • Him læg onuppan fela byrðena eorðan,

      Hml. S. 12, 57.

  • Heáwað incre byrðene gyrda,

      Hml. Th. i. 62, 34.

  • Hé gesénode .ii. birþena gyrda,

      Shrn. 32, 20. (l a) in
    contrast with carriage by an animal or in a vehicle :-- Ǽlce láde, ǽgðer ge on wǽne, ge on horse, ge on byrdene, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 23.
an oppressive weight
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  • Seó hefige byrþen siteþ on þǽm deádan líchoman þǽre byrgenne,

      Bl. H. 75, 7.
figurative,
in a favourable sense
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  • Þurh þá gife ðæs Hálgan Gástes byrþenne,

      Bl. H. 135, 7.
of what is difficult or troublesome
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  • Seó unáræfnedlice byrþen synna,

      Bl. H. 75, 9.

  • Hefig byrdæn,

      Dóm. L. 28, 20.

  • Be ðǽre byrðenne (

    pondere)

    ðæs reccendómes,
      Past. 33, 4.

  • Hé bierð ðá byrðenne

    (pondus)

    hira scylda,
      153, 7.

  • Þá myclan byrþenne þǽre mycclan langunga,

      Bl. H. 135, 7.

  • Gebígð ðæt folc hira hrycg tó hefegum byrðenum manegum

    ad portanda peccatorum onera,

      Past. 29, 17.

  • Hié underlútað mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna humerum opprimendus ponderibus submittit alienis, 53, 1. (2 a)

    a charge

    :-- Sé ðe bryðene underféhð, and ꝥ gecwéme ne déð,
      Cht. Th. 606, 18.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. burdin.]
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v. ge-byrþen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “byrþen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41259.

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