biryinge

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === biriing, biriyng, byryenge, byrying, byryinge, byryng beriȝing, beringe, beriynge, berryeng, berying, beryinge, beryyng (especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent); bureȝingue, burieng, burienge, buriing, buriinge, buriingue, buryenge, buryinge, buryyng, buryynge (especially Southern, West Midland) beriing, beriyng, berunge (Northern, Northwest Midland); beryynge (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === From birien (“to bury”) +‎ -ynge (“-ing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiri.inɡ(ə)/, /ˈbirjinɡ(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈbɛri.inɡ(ə)/, /ˈbɛrjinɡ(ə)/ (especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent) IPA(key): /ˈbeːri.inɡ/, /ˈbeːrjinɡ/ (especially Northern) IPA(key): /ˈburi.inɡ(ə)/, /ˈburjinɡ(ə)/ (especially Southern, West Midland) === Verb === biryinge present participle of birien ==== Descendants ==== English: burying === Noun === biryinge (uncountable) A burial or inhumation; the process of burying. Synonym: biriel A tomb or grave; the place where one is buried. Synonyms: biriel, biriels (rare) Funeral rites. ==== Descendants ==== English: burying Middle Scots: berying, burying Scots: buiryin ==== References ==== “biriing(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.