† ˈburiels Obs.
Forms: 1 byrᵹels, byriels, birᵹels, 2, 5 berieles, 3–4 biriȝeles, -ieles, -iles, 3–5 buryels, -iels, -ieles, -ielles, 5 beryels.
[OE. byrᵹels str. masc., cogn. w. OSax. burgisli neut., f. burg- ablaut-stem of bergan bergh to protect + suffix -isli-; cf. OE. græfels quarry, fætels purse, etc. See also bury v. and burial.]
1. A burying-place; a sepulchre, tomb.
| 854 Chart. æthelwulf of Wessex in Cod. Dipl. V. 107 Of ðære holan pannan up on Icenhilde weᵹ on ðæne hæðenan byriels. c 1000 ælfric Gen. xxiii. 9 Ðæt he him sealde..þæt twyfælde scræf..to birᵹelse. c 1175 Cott. Hom. 229 Deade men he arerde of hare berieles to life. 1297 R. Glouc. 204 Þo vond he..An buryels al nywe ymad. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xxii. 146 Prophetes hem tolde That þat blessed body of buriels sholde aryse. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour 12 In alle mennis sight her berieles began to smoke. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 151/2 Upon the buryels grewe a right fayr flour⁓delis. |
2. An interment, funeral.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2474 So woren forð .x. wukes gon, ȝet adde Iacob biriȝeles non. |