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on-bærnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-bærnan, p. de.
to set fire to, to light (a fire),
to kindle
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  • Hié hié mid flexe bewundon and onbærndon hit

    they wrapped them round with flax, and set fire to it,

      Ors. 4, l ; Swt. 158, 6.
  • Ðá héton ða déman micel fýr onbærnan,

      Shrn. 53, 15 : Exon. Th. 277, 11; Jul. 579.
  • Lyft biþ onbærned,

      64, 26; Cri. 1043.
figurative
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  • Hé on monigra geleáfsumra heortan ðæs gástlícan leóhtes gyfe onbærnde. Bd. 2,

      2; S. 502, 30.
  • Ðæt fýr ðæt ðú sylfa on ðé onbærndest,

      Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 38, 18.
  • Is onbærned ðín yrre. Ps. Th. 78, 5.
to burn, consume by burning
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  • Fýr onbærneþ,

      79, 15.
to heat, inflame
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  • Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbærned

    Paulus hujus sartaginis urebatur frix ra,

      Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 3.
  • Óðer on ðæt ðe hió ne sceal irsian biþ tó swíðe onbærned (

    inflammatur

    ),
      40, 4; Swt. 293, 14.
  • Mid hátheortnesse onbærnedne,

      40, 6; Swt. 295, 25.
  • Hié beóþ onbærnde mid æféste,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 7.
to kindle desire for anything, to incite
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  • Monigra monna mód tó worulde forhogenesse onbærnde (

    accensi

    ) wǽron,
      Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 596, 37.
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