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† to-ˈbrenn, v. Obs. Forms: see burn v.1 [ME., f. to-2 + brennen, beornen to burn. So late MHG. zerbrinnen intr.] a. trans. To burn up; to consume or destroy by burning. b. intr. To burn, to be ‘burning hot’: = burn v.1 3.
a1300E.E. Psalter ii. 13 When in schorte his wreth tobrent has he; Þat in him traisted alle seli be. 13..Cursor M. 22921 (Fairf.) If his bodi ware alle tobrint. 1382Wyclif Ps. xlv. 10 Armys and sheeldis he shal to-brenne with fyr. ― Jer. xi. 16 To-brend ben alle his busshy places. c1440Pallad. on Husb. iv. 21 Ffor [= against] sonne and wynde hem make a tegument, Lest thai in this be shake, in that tobrent. a1500Flower & Leaf 358 The sonne so fervently Wex hoot, that..the ladies eek to-brent, That they [etc.]. |