v. (pp.)
'burned up'
(Modern English )OE for + brenne (v.)
PGmc Ancestor
*ƀrennan- or *ƀrannjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
brenna 'to burn (intrans. and trans.)'
(ONP brenna (2) (vb.); brenna (3) (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far brenna, Icel brenna, Norw brenna, Dan brænde, Sw brinna; Far brenna, Icel brenna, Norw brenna, ODan brænnæ, Dan brænde, OSw bränna, Sw bränna
OE Cognate
forbærnan ‘to cause to burn, burn up, consume by fire, be consumed’; cp. beornan, biernan, byrnan 'to burn, be on fire, give light'; bærnan 'to cause to burn (etc.)'
Phonological and morphological markers
[
absence of metathesis
] (may not be applicable)Summary category
C2ac
See brenne (v.).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Pe 1139
MED forbrennen (v.) , OED forburn (v.)[ http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/72835?redirectedFrom=forburn&], OED burn (v.1) , HTOED , Dance brenne, Bj. 182, SPS 482, de Vries brenna (1); brenna (2), Mag. brenna (1); brenna (2), Bj-L. brenne (1); brenne (2), Seebold brenn-a-, Orel *ƀrannjanan; *ƀrennanan, Kroonen *brannjan-; *brinnan-, AEW bærnan; biornan, biernan, DOE forbærnan, DOE bærnan; byrnan, VEPN brend; brennandi