eldertongue

Old English · adjective

unforburnen

Part of speech
adjective
Modern English
unburntunburnedburned

Meaning

  1. unburnt, unburned, not burned up or burned down

    ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.

    The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Etymology

un- + forburnen

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