wín-burh
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, a chief town. Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn,
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Wínburge cyning (
the king of Babylon;
cf. Belshazzar's feast),- Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622.
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Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinc*-*hroden,
- Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674.
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Wínburh wera (
Jerusalem
),- 219, 21; Dan. 58.
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Geond ða wínburg (
the town of the Mermedonians
),- Andr. Kmbl. 3272; An. 1639.
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Se ðe wínburga geweald áhte,
- Exon. Th. 323, 11; Víd. 77.
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Wlonce wígsmiþas wínburgum in sittaþ æt symble,
- 314, 15; Mód. 14: 247, 23; Jul. 83.
a walled vineyard
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For hwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his? wealdeþ his wínbyrig call, ðæt on wege færð
ut quid deposuisti maceriam ejus; et vindemiant eam omnes, qui transeunt viam?
- Ps. Th. 79, 12.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “wín-burh.” 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/35840.
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