For-beornan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-byrnan;

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

Related words: n. To burn up, be destroyed by fire, be consumed;