bærnan

Meaning

1. to burn

   Sē lǣċe ċierfþ oþþe bærnþ, and sē untruma hrīemþ, þēah hwæðre ne miltsaþ hē þæs ōðres wānunge, for þon þe ġif sē lǣċe ġeswīcþ his cræftes, þonne losaþ sē forwunoda.

   The surgeon cuts or burns, and the patient screams, yet the surgeon doesn't give in to the patient's cries, because if he lets up from his task, the patient will die.

   late 10th c., Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"

2. to cauterize

Conjugation