Hyphenation of burthen

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word burthen? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

bur-then

Definitions of burthen:

1.	A variant of `burden'
2.	Weight down with a load

Synonyms of burthen:

noun	load, loading, burden
verb	burden, weight, weight down, charge

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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