Burian

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tomb; sepulchre. Scotland
  2. 2
    A burial mound. Scotland
  3. 3
    A camp; hill-fort. Scotland
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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burial moundtumulus

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.

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