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† ˈburiness Obs.
Forms: 1 byriᵹnes, 2 buri-, burienesse, 3 burinæsse, -isse, 4–5 berenes, berynes(s.
[OE. byriᵹnes, f. stem of OE. byriᵹan to bury + -ness.]
a. A burying, burial, sepulture.
b. A burial-place; a grave, tomb.
c890K. ælfred Bæda iv. xi, Ða wæs mycel uneþelicnes ᵹeworden be his byriᵹnesse [Lat. facta difficultate tumulandi]. 1175Lamb. Hom. 35 Ga to þine feder burinesse oðer þer eni of þine cunne lið in. c1205Lay. 25852 Sæt and biheold æuere? ænne burinæsse [1250 burinisse]. 1375Barbour Bruce iv. 334 He deit..And syne wes brocht to berynes. c1400Destr. Troy 12160 The grekes..broght hir to berenes, as hom best þoght. c1470Henry Wallace iv. 498 Fyfe off hys awne to beryness he gart leid. |