Participles
| Present | forbærnende |
| Past | forbærned |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | forbærne |
| 2nd sing. | forbærnest; forbærnst |
| 3rd sing. | forbærneþ; forbærnþ |
| 1st plur. | forbærnaþ |
| 2nd plur. | forbærnaþ |
| 3rd plur. | forbærnaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | forbærnde |
| 2nd sing. | forbærndest |
| 3rd sing. | forbærnde |
| 1st plur. | forbærndon |
| 2nd plur. | forbærndon |
| 3rd plur. | forbærndon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | forbærne |
| 2nd sing. | forbærne |
| 3rd sing. | forbærne |
| 1st plur. | forbærnen |
| 2nd plur. | forbærnen |
| 3rd plur. | forbærnen |
Past
| 1st sing. | forbærnde |
| 2nd sing. | forbærnde |
| 3rd sing. | forbærnde |
| 1st plur. | forbærnden |
| 2nd plur. | forbærnden |
| 3rd plur. | forbærnden |
Imperative
| Singular | forbærn |
| Plural | forbærnaþ |
Verbs similar to 'forbærnan'
forbirnan,
forberan,
forbiernan,
forlæran,
forpæran,
onbærnan,
bærnan,
forbeodan,
forberstan,
forbindan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *frabrannijan. Equivalent to for- + bærnan.
Sample Sentences
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Blickling Homilies, "The Passion of Peter and Paul"
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Hīe wǣron tō þon hātheortlīċe ierre þæt hīe woldon þone cāsere cwicne forbærnan. (They were so enraged that they wanted to burn the emperor alive.)
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Blickling Homilies, "Easter Day"
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On þām dæġe biþ sēo eorðe forbærndu tō ascum. (On that day, the Earth will be burned to ashes.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
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Nim ǣnne sticcan and gnīd tō sumum þinge, hit hātaþ þǣrrihte of þām fȳre þe him on lutaþ. Forbærn þone ōðerne ende, þonne gǣþ se wǣta ūt æt þām ōðrum ende mid þām smīeċe. (Take a stick and rub it against something, and it will heat up immediately from the fire lurking inside it. Burn one end, and moisture will come out the other end with the smoke.)
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c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
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Ealle þā hwīle þe þæt līċ biþ inne, þǣr sċeal bēon ġedrinc and plega, oþ þone dæġ þe hīe hine forbærnaþ. (The whole time the body is inside, there's drinking and partying, until the day comes to cremate him.)
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c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
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And þonne his ġestrēon bēoþ þus eall āspendu, þonne birþ man hine ūt and forbærnþ mid his wǣpnum and hræġle. (Then when his valuables have been completely exhausted, they carry him outside and cremate him with his clothes and his weapons.)
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Bald's Leechbook
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WIÞ BRYNE. Ġif man sīe mid fȳre āne forbærned: nim wudurofan and lilian and hlemoc, wiell on buteran, and smiere mid. Ġif man sīe mid wǣtan forbærned: nim elmrinde and lilian moran, wiell on meolcum, smiere mid þreowa on dæġe.
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FOR A BURN. If the patient was burned with fire alone: take woodruff, lily, and brooklime • boil in butter • smear on the burn. If they were burned by a liquid: take elm bark and lily root • boil in milk • smear on the burn three times a day.
Cognates
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