forbirnan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === forbeornan, forbyrnan, forbiernan === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *frabrinnan. Equivalent to for- +‎ birnan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forˈbir.nɑn/, [forˈbirˠ.nɑn] === Verb === forbirnan (intransitive) to burn (completely): burn down, burn up late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 3:2 c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== forbærnan unforburnen ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: forbrinnen, forburnen English: forburn