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Old English · verb

biernan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈbi͜yr.nɑn/
[ˈbi͜yrˠ.nɑn]
Syllables
ˈbi͜yr · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
burn

Meaning

  1. to burn

    Man ġeseah swelċe sē heofon burne.

    It looked like the sky was on fire.

    c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of biernan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular biernebarnbornbearn
2nd singular biernstburne
3rd singular biernþbarnbornbearn
Plural biernaþburnon
Subjunctive
Singular bierneburne
Plural biernenburnen
Non-finite forms of biernan
Form
Infinitive biernan
Inflected infinitive biernenne
Imperative singular biern
Imperative plural biernaþ
Present participle biernende
Past participle burnenġeburnen

All forms (16)

Etymology

Metathesis of earlier *brinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną. Cognate with Old Saxon brinnan, Old Dutch brinnan, Old High German brinnan, Old Norse brinna, Gothic (brinnan).

Descendants

burn

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