burian

See also: Burian

English

Alternative forms

• burien, berien

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.

Noun

burian (plural burians)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A tomb; sepulchre.
2. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A burial mound.
3. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A camp; hill-fort.

Anagrams

• Urbina, burani, rubian