burian
burian · burians
A tomb; sepulchreA tomb; sepulchre.
US/bjˈʊɹiən/
Meaning
3 senses(Scotland)A tomb; sepulchre.
(Scotland)A burial mound.
(Scotland)A camp; hill-fort.
Origin
From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulcFrom 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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