gif hē weard onfunde
būan on beorge, _if he had found the
watchman
dwelling on the mountain_,
2843.
Beowulf
, _castle-place, place where the castle_ or _city
stands_: acc. sg. burhstede, 2266.
burh-wela, w. m., _riches, treasure of a castle_ or _city_: gen. sg. þenden
hē burh-welan brūcan mōste, 3101.
burne, w. f., _spring, fountain_: gen. þǣre burnan wælm, _the bubbling of
the spring_, 2547.
būan, st. v.: 1) _to stay, to remain, to dwell_: inf.
gif hē weard onfunde
būan on beorge, _if he had found the
watchman
dwelling on the mountain_,
2843.
--2) _to inhabit_, w. acc.: meduseld būan, _to inhabit the
mead-house_, 3066.
ge-būan, w. acc., _to occupy a house, to take possession_: pret. part. hēan
hūses, hū hit Hring Dene æfter bēorþege gebūn hæfdon, _how the Danes, after
their beer-carouse, had occupied it_ (had made their beds in it),
117.--With the pres. part. būend are the compounds ceaster-, fold-, grund-,
lond-būend.
būgan, st. v., _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg.
