Middle English Dictionary Entry
abernen v.
Entry Info
Forms | abernen v. |
Etymology | Cp. OE ābeornan be on fire & bærnan set on fire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. brennen.
1.
To burn up (sth.), consume in flames.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)239 : Þan þat fer to for him abernð þat middernad [read: middenard].