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Wright's OE grammar
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burning, where there is destruction by,
or exposure to, fire
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  • Wæs bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende,

      Wlfst. 159, 8.

  • Biornendo byrno légo

    aedaces incendii flammas,

      Rtl. 64, 16.

  • Hí hæfdon ǽlce scíre stíðe gemarcod mid bryne and mid hergunge,

      Chr. 1006; P. 137, 18.

  • Seó cæster wearð on bryne,

      Gr. D. 47, 24.

  • On hiere (

    Corinth

    ) bryne.
      Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 1.

  • Þæt þá elpendas fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne,

      4, 1; S. 158, 7.

  • Þone bryne seó sáwl þrowaþ, Gr. D. 304, 12. I a.

    a conflagration, fire

    :-- Tó miclum bryne sceal wæter unlytel, gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan,
      Wlfst. 157, 8.

  • Hí woldon mid wætre dwǽscan ðone byrne ... ðá ne gemitton hi nǽnigne bryne,

      Shrn. 73, 37.
burning heat
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  • Hǽto ł byrn

    aestus,

      Mt. L. 20, 12.

  • Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. II a. of disease,

    inflammation

    :-- Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið,
      Past. 71, 5.
a fire, flame
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  • Brenum

    incendiis,

      An. Ox. 1432.

  • Écelicum tinterge byrnum

    aeternis gehenne incendiis,

      Rtl. 64, 6.
something burning, a brand, torch
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  • Brynas (rogorum) torres, ála brynas

    pyrarum faculas,

      An. Ox. 4387-96.
a burn or
scald
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  • Wið wæteres bryne oððe fýres,

      Lch. i. 368, 9.
  • Lǽcedómas wið bryne, ii. 12, 22.
metaph.
ardor, fervor, passion
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  • Wilme and bryne

    fervore,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 42.

  • Hátum bryne

    torrido rigore (caenobialis vitae ),

      An. Ox. 2706.

  • Hié burnon þǽre Godes lufan ... Be ðǽm bryne wítgode Dauid,

      Bl. H. 133, 28.

  • On þám bryne forligeres licgende,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 334.

  • Godes lufu byrne

    caritatis ardore.

      Rtl. 64, 14.
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v. in-, wól-bryne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bryne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41055.

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