Obs. Forms: 1 byriʓnes, 2 buri-, burienesse, 3 burinæsse, -isse, 4–5 berenes, berynes(s. [OE. byriʓnes, f. stem of OE. byriʓan to BURY + -NESS.] a. A burying, burial, sepulture. b. A burial-place; a grave, tomb.

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c. 890.  K. Ælfred, Bæda, IV. xi. Ða wæs mycel uneþelicnes ʓeworden be his byriʓnesse [Lat. facta difficultate tumulandi].

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 35. Ga to þine feder burinesse oðer þer eni of þine cunne lið in.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 25852. Sæt and biheold æuere; ænne burinæsse [1250 burinisse].

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, IV. 334. He deit … And syne wes brocht to berynes.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 12160. The grekes … broght hir to berenes, as hom best þoght.

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c. 1470.  Henry, Wallace, IV. 498. Fyfe off hys awne to beryness he gart leid.

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