Middle English word forburnen comes from Old English biernan ((intransitive) To burn.), Old English for-, Old English forbærnan, Middle English forbyrnan, Old English forbeornan
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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biernan | Old English (ang) | (intransitive) To burn. |
for- | Old English (ang) | Forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’. Used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up. Very. |
forbærnan | Old English (ang) | |
forbyrnan | Middle English (enm) | |
forbeornan | Old English (ang) | |
forbiernan | Old English (ang) | To burn up, burn away, be consumed by fire. |
forbrinnen | Middle English (enm) |