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bryne

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m. [byrnan to burn]
Wright's OE grammar
§386; §562;
A burning, fire, flame, heat; ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor
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  • Ne se bryne beót mæcgum

    the burning did not hurt the youths.

      Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 24; Ph. 229: 53b; Th. 189, 9; Az. 57.

  • Mid ðý me of sweoran forþlifaþ seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles

    dum mihi de collo rubor tumoris ardorque promineat,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31: Exon. 32a; Th. 101, 22; Cri. 1662.

  • On bryne ge gremedon Drihten

    in incendio provocastis Dominum,

      Deut. 9, 22: Cd. 186; Th. 231, 12; Dan. 246.

  • Þurh fýres bryne

    through the fire's burning,

      197; Th. 245, 11; Dan. 461: Exon. 642; Th. 236, 16; Ph. 575.

  • Hie sceolon þrówian biterne bryne

    they shall suffer bitter burning,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1231; An. 616.

  • Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wáre

    priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum,

      Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18.

  • Se biscop ða brynas ðara húsa gebiddende adwæscte

    episcopus incendia domorum orando restinxerit,

    l,
      19; S. 484, 36.

  • Brego Caldéa gewát to ðarn bryne

    the prince of the Chaldeans went to the fire,

      Exon. 55b; Th. 196, 27; Az. 180.

  • Hie ðone bryne fandedon

    they proved the fire,

      Cd. 196; Th. 244, 29; Dan. 455: Exon. 72b; Th. 270, 31; Jul. 473.

  • Bryne stígeþ heáh to heofonum

    the flame rises high to heaven,

      Exon. 63a; Th. 233, 6; Ph. 520: 55b; Th. 196, 23; Az. 178.

  • Beóþ amerede monna gǽstas þurh bryne fýres

    the souls of men will be proved through the fire's heat,

      63b; Th. 234, 25; Ph. 545: Salm. Kmbl. 124; Sal. 61.
Etymology
[Laym, brune: O. Sax. brunni, m: Goth. brunsts, f: Icel. bruni, m.]
Derived forms
DER. fǽr-bryne, helle-, lég-, líg-, mán-, sun-.
Linked entries
v.  byrne.
Entry information
Citation

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/5310.

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