brenne

Central Franconian

Verb

brenne

1. to burn

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German

Verb

brenne

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of brennen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of brennen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of brennen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of brennen.

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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. To burn.

   (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

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