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† ˈbrinfir Obs. rare.
Also brimfir, brendfier.
[Only in Gen. & Ex.: app. f. brenn-en to burn + fire: but see brimstone.]
Fierce burning fire: applied as a name for brimstone.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 754 For mannes sinne ðus it is went, brent wið brimfir, sunken and shent. Ibid. 1110 Sone so loth ut of sodome cam brend-fier-rein ðe burȝe bi-nam. Ibid. 1164 To-ward sodome he saȝ ðe roke And ðe brinfires stinken smoke. |