brenne

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʀɛnə/

brenne

1. to burn

• brinne

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną. Compare German brennen.

brenne

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to burn
2. (Erzgebirgisch) to drink, to booze

   Synonyms: brattrn, en namme gieh

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brenne

1. inflection of brennen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.^[1]

Cognate with German brennen and Luxembourgish brennen

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛnə/
• Rhymes: -ɛnə
• Hyphenation: bren‧ne

brenne

1. (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
2. (intransitive, with accusative object) to burn; to set on fire

brenne

1. Alternative form of bernen
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciples Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales (in Middle English), , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC, folio xcix, recto, column 2:

     That for the tyraunt is of greater might / By force of meyne, to ſlee downe right / And brenne houſe & home, & make al playn, / Lo therfore is he called a capitayne / And for the outlawe hath but ſmal meyne / And maie not do ſo great an harm, as he / Ne brynge a countrey to ſo great miſchefe / Men callen him an outlawe or a thefe

     That because the tyrant is of greater might / By force of retinue, to slay downright / And burn house and home, and make all level / Lo therefore is he called a captain / And because the outlaw has but a small retinue / And may not do so great a harm as he / Nor bring a country to so great mischief / Men call him an outlaw or a thief

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From Danish brænde (“to burn”). The modern spelling is introduced through the influence from oral Norwegian.

brenne (imperative brenn, present tense brenner, passive brennes, simple past (intransitive) brant or (transitive) brente, past participle brent, present participle brennende)

1. (intransitive) to burn (be consumed by fire)
2. (transitive) to burn (something)
3. (reflexive, brenne seg) to burn oneself
4. (transitive) to roast (almonds, coffee)
5. (transitive) to distill (brandy etc.)

• “brenne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “brenne” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

brenne (present tense brenn, past tense brann, past participle brunne, passive infinitive brennast, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)

1. Alternative form of brenna

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną. Compare German brennen, English burn.

brenne

1. to burn

From Middle Low German bernen, from Old Saxon brennian.

brenne

1. to burn
2. to sting
3. to sear

• brennboa (adjective)
• Brennholt
• Brenniesa
• Brennkrüt