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for-bærnan

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for-bærnan, -bernan.
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to consume by heat
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  • Forbærnde

    extorruil,

    • An. Ox. 1434
    • .
  • Hié woldon þone cásere cwicenne forbærnan,

    • Bl. H. 191, 12
    • .
  • Forbernende

    crematuros,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 41.
  • Eorþe biþ forbærned tó axan,

    • 91, 26
    • .
  • Ðæt land wearð fram heofenlicum fyre forbærned

    regionem arsisse igne caelesti Tacitus refert.

    • Ors. l, 3
    • ;
    • S. 32, 3
    • .
  • Forbærnd

    torreretur,

    • An. Ox. 4120
    • .
to injure by heat, burn, scald
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  • Gif hwá forbærned sý, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó þám bærnette,

    • Lch. i. 216, 10
    • .
  • Wiþ bryne. Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned,

    • ii. 324, 12-14.
Etymology
[r.
N. E. D. forburn.
O. H. Ger. fer-prennen comburere, consumere.
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v. un-forbærned.
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