birynesse

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === byrinesse, byrynes berynes, berynis, berenes (Northern, Northwest Midland); burinæsse, burinesse, burinisse, burynes (Southern, West Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English byriġnes; equivalent to birien +‎ -nesse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiriˌnɛs(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈbeːriˌnɛs/ (Northern, North Midland) IPA(key): /ˈburiˌnɛs(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland) === Noun === birynesse (uncountable) (especially Northern, West Midland) A tomb; a place where one is buried. The process of burial; inhumation. ==== References ==== “birines(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018. “(berines,) berynes, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.