- hýdels
- m (-es/-as) hiding-place, cave
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
hýdels
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burial — act of burying, late 13c.; earlier tomb (c.1200), false singular from O.E. byrgels tomb, from byrgan to bury + suffix els; a compound also found in O.S. burgisli, suggesting a P.Gmc. *burgisli , from PIE *bhergh to hide, protect (see BURY (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
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