Ge-beornan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-beornan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: intrans. To burn, be on fire, be consumed;

Definitions

1 ge-beornan

p. -barn, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen,-burnen [ge-, beornan to burn]. I. ardēre, combūri :-- Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes the hand of the bold man burned, Beo. Th. 5388; B. 2697. II. :-- Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19. ge-beornan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛇᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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