For-bearnan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-bearnan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-bearnan
p. de; impert. pl. -bearnaþ; pp. ed To burn up, consume by fire; combūrĕre:-- Lǽdaþ hig forþ and forbearnaþ hig prodūcĭte earn ut combūrātur. Gen. 38, 24. Hí forbearndon Beorn ealdorman they consumed Beorn alderman, Chr. 779; Erl. 55, 36: 1052; Erl. 185, 4.

Related words: for-bærnan. for-bearnan

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