brenne

Central Franconian

Verb

brenne

1. to burn

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East Central German

Alternative forms

• brinne

Etymology

Compare German brennen.

Verb

brenne

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to burn
2. (Erzgebirgisch) to drink, to booze

   Synonym: brattrn

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

brenne

1. inflection of brennen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛnə/

Verb

brenne

1. to burn

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Middle English

Verb

brenne

1. Alternative form of bernen

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciples Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xcix, recto, column 2:

     That for the tyraunt is of greater might / By force of meyne, to ſlee downe right / And brenne houſe & home, & make al playn, / Lo therfore is he called a capitayne / And for the outlawe hath but ſmal meyne / And maie not do ſo great an harm, as he / Ne brynge a countrey to ſo great miſchefe / Men callen him an outlawe or a thefe

     That because the tyrant is of greater might / By force of retinue, to slay downright / And burn house and home, and make all level / Lo therefore is he called a captain / And because the outlaw has but a small retinue / And may not do so great a harm as he [the tyrant] / Nor bring a country to so great mischief / Men call him an outlaw or a thief

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse brenna (“to burn”), causative of brenna, brinna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (“to cause to burn, to set on fire”), causative of *brinnaną (“to burn, to be on fire”), from *bʰrénuh₁e-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Verb

brenne (imperative brenn, present tense brenner, passive brennes, simple past (intransitive) brant or (transitive) brente, past participle brent, present participle brennende)

1. (intransitive) to burn (be consumed by fire)
2. (transitive) to burn (something)
3. (reflexive, brenne seg) to burn oneself
4. (transitive) to roast (almonds, coffee)
5. (transitive) to distill (brandy etc.)

Derived terms

Terms derived from brenne

• brennesle
• brennpunkt
• brennstoff

• brennvidde
• brensel
• forbrenne

• solbrent
• svartbrent

References

• “brenne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brenne (present tense brenn, past tense brann, past participle brunne, passive infinitive brennast, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)

1. Alternative form of brenna

Derived terms

Terms derived from brenne

• brennesle
• brennpunkt

• brennstoff
• brennvidd, brennvidde

• brensel

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German brennen, English burn.

Verb

brenne

1. to burn

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Plautdietsch

Verb

brenne

1. to burn
2. to sting
3. to sear

Derived terms

• brennboa (adjective)
• Brennholt
• Brenniesa
• Brennkrüt