forbiernan

Old English

Alternative forms

  • forbeornan

Etymology

From for- + biernan. Cognate with Old High German farbrinnan, firbrinnan.

Verb

forbiernan

  1. (West Saxon) To burn up, burn away, be consumed by fire.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: forbrinnen, forburnen

References

  • forbeornan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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