On-bærnan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

on-bærnan

p. de. I. to set fire to, to light (a fire), to kindle (a) literal :-- Hié hié mid flexe bewundon and onbærndon hit they wrapped them round with flax, and set fire to it, Ors. 4, l ; Swt. 158, 6. Ðá héton ða déman micel fýr onbærnan, Shrn. 53, 15 : Exon. Th. 277, 11; Jul. 579. Lyft biþ onbærned, 64, 26; Cri. 1043. (b) figurative :-- Hé on monigra geleáfsumra heortan ðæs gástlícan leóhtes gyfe onbærnde. Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 30. Ðæt fýr ðæt ðú sylfa on ðé onbærndest, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 38, 18. Is onbærned ðín yrre. Ps. Th. 78, 5. II. to burn, consume by burning :-- Fýr onbærneþ, 79, 15. III. to heat, inflame :-- Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbærned Paulus hujus sartaginis urebatur frix ILLEGIBLE ra, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 3. Óðer on ðæt ðe hió ne sceal irsian biþ tó swíðe onbærned (inflammatur), 40, 4; Swt. 293, 14. Mid hátheortnesse onbærnedne, 40, 6; Swt. 295, 25. Hié beóþ onbærnde mid æféste, Blickl. Homl. 25, 7. IV. to kindle desire for anything, to incite :-- Monigra monna mód tó worulde forhogenesse onbærnde (accensi) wǽron, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 596, 37. on-bærnan