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bury

/ˈbeɹi/BEH-ree
/ˈbɛɹi/BEH-ree

Meaningput into the ground

Common meaning: place a body in the ground

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHARK or BHRAK‘shut in, stop up, cram’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 233, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbyrgan‘put into the ground’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishburyesource
  4. Englishbury‘place a body in the ground’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English byrgan ‘put into the ground’.

Roots

  • byrgan Old English “put into the ground”

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