burthen

2 definitions found

burthen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Burthen \Bur"then\, n. & v. t.
     See Burden. [Archaic]
     [1913 Webster]

burthen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  burthen
      n 1: a variant of `burden'
      v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen,
           weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden]