burg-sæl

burg-sæl, n.n: a castle-hall, city-dwelling. (BUR’GH-SAEL / ˈbʌrx-ˌsæl)

Alexander defeating Pausanias. Roman d’Alexandre en prose (Historia de Proelis, in French translation). France (Rouen), 1444-1445. British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI, fol. 8v. [bl.uk/manuscripts]

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