(a) To be consumed by fire; burn, burn down; ~ awai; of fire: burn; ~ up, flame up; brenning, on fire, fiery; (b) to destroy (sth.) with fire; put to the torch, reduce to ashes; ~ up; ~ to ashes, pouder; ~ on glede, burn to cinders; ~ (sb.), burn (sb.) out of his home, destroy or devastate (someone's) home or country with fire; (c) to burn (sth.) as an offering to God; brend offering; (d) to set (sth.) on fire, light.

(a) To suffer death or torture by fire; burn to death; ~ to duste; ~ in helle; (b) to destroy (someone's life) with fire; burn or torture (sb.) alive; ~ to deth; ~ to duste (glede), burn to ashes (cinders); the devel the brenne!

(a) To be hot, radiate heat; brenning wind, searing wind; ~ hot, red-hot; (b) to suffer a burn, burn oneself; burn (the hand, etc.); brent child dredeth fir, etc.; (c) to brand or scorch (sb.); sear (sth.); torture (sb.) with fire; (d) to roast, broil, toast, or parch (sth.); burn (sth.) in cooking.

(a) Of a lamp or candle: to burn for illumination, be lighted, burn; ~ bright; (b) of objects: to shine, glitter, sparkle, glow; also, blush.

(a) Of an emotion: to be fervent or inflamed; brenning love, etc.; (b) of the heart: to be ardent or inflamed; (c) of a person: to be ardent, passionate, aroused; brennen at, for, in, of, on (an emotion); (d) bet is to wedde than brenne, etc.

Of an emotion: to inflame or arouse (the heart, a person); ben brenned, to be or become incensed.

To produce a burning sensation, sting.

To treat (sth.) with fire or heat: (a) to calcine (limestone); brend lim, quicklime; (b) to bake (tiles); (c) brent led, calcined lead, i.e., lead monoxide; vitriol ~, etc.; (d) brent gold, gold refined by fire, pure gold [cp. burned gold under burnen].

(a) To cauterize; (b) of a medicine: to have a caustic effect; (c) to be feverish or affect with fever; brenning ague (fever); to be inflamed, fester; (d) to alter or corrupt (humors, blood, etc.) with body heat; brent colre, etc.