For-beornan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-beornan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -byrnan; Related words: n. To burn up, be destroyed by fire, be consumed;

Definitions

1 for-beornan

p. -bearn, -barn, -born, pl. -burnon; pp. - bornen, -burnen; combūri, ignĭbus consūmi:-- On ðære Sodomitiscra gewítnunge forbearn seó eorþe in the punishment of the Sodomites the earth was burnt, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 33. Forbarn broden mǽl the drawn brand was burnt, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616: 3338; B. 1667. Hit gelamp, ðæt se ylca tún forbarn [forborn, col. 2], and seó cyrice evenit, vicum eundem, et ipsum pariter ecclésiam ignibus consumi, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 27, col. l: Chr. 816; Erl. 62, 7. Forburnon xv túnas fifteen towns burned, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 37. He geseah, ðæt seó þyrne barn and næs forburnen vĭdēbat, quod rŭbus ardēret et non combūrĕrētur, Ex. 3, 2: Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 20, col. 1. Wǽron ða bende [MS. benne] forburnene the bands were burnt, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435. for-beornan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛒᛇᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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