"burian" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burians [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|burȝen|bürȝen}} Middle English bürȝen, {{inh|en|ang|byrġen}} Old English byrġen, {{m|ang|burġen|t=burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial}} burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*burginnju}} Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*burginjō||burial}} Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰergʰ-|t=to shelter, protect, save, preserve}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”), {{cog|ang|beorg}} Old English beorg, {{cog|en|barrow}} English barrow, {{cog|ang|byrġan|t=to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter}} Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”), {{l|en|bury}} bury Head templates: {{en-noun}} burian (plural burians)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A tomb; sepulchre. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-burian-en-noun-SbGpib11 Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A burial mound. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Burial
    Sense id: en-burian-en-noun-8dj~76pF Disambiguation of Burial: 31 60 9 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 62 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 50 25
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A camp; hill-fort. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-burian-en-noun-TGVIG0b6 Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burien, berien

Inflected forms

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