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burian¹

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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 burians · burien · berien

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

Burian²

proper noun Burians

  1. A surname.

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@misc{burian_2026,
  title = {burian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}