Associations to the word «Burthen»

Wiktionary

BURTHEN, noun. (obsolete) (nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
BURTHEN, noun. Archaic spelling of burden.
BURTHEN, verb. Archaic spelling of burden.

Dictionary definition

BURTHEN, noun. A variant of `burden'.
BURTHEN, verb. Weight down with a load.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche