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for-bærnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-bærnan, -bearnan, to -bærnenne; part. -bærnende; p. -bærnde, pl. -bærndon; pp. -bærned, -bærnd; v. trans.
To burn up, consume; ŭrĕre, combūrĕre
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  • Nerón hét forbærnan ealle Róme burh

    Nero commanded to burn up all the city of Rome,

    • Bt. 16, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 58, 3: Cd. 138
      • ;
    • Th. 173,8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2858: Exon. 30 b
      • ;
    • Th. 94, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 1543: Beo. Th. 4258
      • ;
    • B. 2126.

  • Isaac bær wudu to forbærnenne ða offrunge

    Isaac bare wood to burn the offering,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 60, 16
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 13, 30.

  • Swá swá leg forbærnende muntas

    sīcut flamma combūrens montes,

    • Ps. Spl. 82, 13.

  • Ic forswæle oððe forbærne

    ūro,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4
      • ;
    • Som. 31, 11.

  • Man hine forbærneþ

    one burns him,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 22, 44.

  • Da ceafu he forbærnþ on unadwæscendlícum fýre

    păleas combūret igni inextinguĭbĭli,

    • Mt. Bos. 3, 12: Bt. 15
      • ;
    • Fox 48, 22: 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 130, 12.

  • Hí hine forbærnaþ

    they burn him,

    • Ors. 1. 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 22, 26.

  • Líg forbærnde ða árleásan

    flamma combussit peccātōres,

    • Ps. Lamb. 105, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 40: Chr. 685
      • ;
    • Erl. 40. 20.

  • Hí ǽr Mul forbærndon

    they had formerly burnt Mul,

    • Chr. 694
      • ;
    • Erl. 43, 21: 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 91, 25: 1001
      • ;
    • Erl. 136, 31: 1055
      • ;
    • Erl. 190. 4.

  • Nim ǽnne sticcan . . . forbærn ðone óðerne ende

    take a stick . . . burn the one end,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 17, 15
      • ;
    • Lchdm, iii. 274, 4.

  • Ðæt seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas forbærne

    that the sun with her heat burn up the fruits of the earth,

    • Wrt. popl. science 9, 6
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.

  • Ðæt he werod forbærnde

    that it [the pillar of fire] would burn up the host,

    • Cd. 148
      • ;
    • Th. 185, 16
      • ;
    • Exod. 123.

  • Hwí ðeós þyrne ne sí forbærned

    quare non combūratūr rŭbus,

    • Ex. 3, 3: Chr. 687
      • ;
    • Erl. 42, 1: Cd. 146
      • ;
    • Th. 182, 3
      • ;
    • Exod. 70: Exon. 22 b
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 1007.

  • Beó se forbærnd

    combūrētur,

    • Jos. 7, 15.
    cf. Ger. verbrennen.
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v.  for-bearnan for-bernan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-bærnan.” 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/11188.

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