Usually means: Load or responsibility; archaic form.
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  1. burthen: Merriam-Webster
  2. burthen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burthen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. burthen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. burthen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Burthen, burthen: Wordnik
  7. burthen: Wiktionary
  8. burthen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. burthen: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Burthen, burthen: Dictionary.com
  11. burthen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Burthen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Burthen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. burthen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. burthen: Rhymezone
  16. Burthen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. burthen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. burthen: FreeDictionary.org
  19. burthen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. burthen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. burthen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. burthen: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (burthen)

noun:  (obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
noun:  rarely used musical tempo, meaning slow and ponderous (e.g. moving under a burden); similar to largo
noun:  a section of music with the tempo mark "burthen"
noun:  Archaic form of burden. [A heavy load.]
verb:  Archaic form of burden. [(transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.]

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