biernan
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Metathesis of earlier *brinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną. Cognate with Old Saxon brinnan, Old Dutch brinnan, Old High German brinnan, Old Norse brinna, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (brinnan).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
biernan (West Saxon)
- (intransitive) to burn
- c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Man ġeseah swelċe sē heofon burne.
- It looked like the sky was on fire.
- translation of "Alexander the Great's Letter to Aristotle"
- Þā fȳr fēollon on þā eorðan swelċe biernende þæċele, and eall sē feld barn.
- The fires fell to the earth like a flaming torch, and the whole field burned.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Lord"
- Hé wearð ða afylled mid graman, and hét onǽlén þone ófen swiðe ðearle, and hét gebindan ða cnihtas handum and fotum, and awurpan into ðam byrnendum ófne.
- He was filled with anger, and commanded the oven to be heated very intensely, and commanded the youths to be bound hands and feet, and cast into the burning oven.
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 1066
- Hēr forþfērde Ēadward cyning, and Hereweald eorl fēng tō þām rīċe and hēold hit fēowertiġ wucena and ǣnne dæġ, and hēr cōm Willelm and ġewann Engla land, and hēr on þissum ġēare barn Cristes ċiriċe, and hēr ætīewde comēta þȳ nigontēoðan dæġe ēastermōnaþes.
- This year, King Edward died • Harold Godwinson took the throne and held it for 281 days • William the Conqueror came and conquered England • Canterbury Cathedral burned down • a comet appeared on April 19th.
- c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of biernan (strong class 3)
| infinitive | biernan | biernenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | bierne | barn, born, bearn |
| second person singular | biernst | burne |
| third person singular | biernþ | barn, born, bearn |
| plural | biernaþ | burnon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | bierne | burne |
| plural | biernen | burnen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | biern | |
| plural | biernaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| biernende | (ġe)burnen | |