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they made an onslaught

  • 1 BRENNA

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    I)
    (brenn; brann, brunnum; brunninn), v.
    1) to burn with a flame (logi, ljós, eldr, kerti brennr);
    2) to be consumed by fire (á Flugumýri brann fé mikit);
    nú breðr (= brennr) víðara en hann vildi, the fire spreads wider than he wished;
    brenna inni, to perish by fire;
    brenna upp, to be burnt up (á þeiri nátt brann upp allt Danavirki);
    hlutr e-s brennr við, one gets the worst of it;
    brann brátt þeirra hlutr við, it soon grew too hot for them;
    rautt mun fyrir brenna, mun nökkut fyrir brenna, things will brighten up or improve.
    (-da, -dr), v.
    1) to burn (brenna bál);
    2) to destroy by fire (brenna bœ, hof, skip at köldum kolum);
    brenna e-t upp, to burn up;
    3) to cauterize (as a surgical operation);
    brenna e-n við bölvi, to burn one to cure his malady;
    brenna e-m díla, to burn spots on one’s back; fig. to brand one’s back;
    brenna e-m illan díla, to inflict a severe injury upon one;
    4) to produce by burning (brenna e-t til líms);
    brenna salt, to produce salt by burning (sea-weed);
    5) to purify (silver or gold) by burning;
    brent silfr, pure silver (eyrir brendr, mörk brend).
    f. the burning of a house or person (þá er brenna var á Flugumýri; Njáls brenna).
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    an old obsol. form brinna; pret. brann, 2nd pers. brant, mod. branst; pl. brunnu; sup. brunnit; pres. brenn, 3rd pers. brennr; old breðr, Grág. ii. 295, Fms. vii. 20 (in a verse); brenn (dropping the r), Hm. 56; with the neg. suffix, brennr-at ( non urit), 153, [Ulf. brinnan; A. S. byrnan; Early Engl. to ‘brenn;’ Germ. brennen; the strong form is almost obsolete in Germ.]:—to burn:
    1. of a light; þeir þóttust sjá fjögr ljós b., Nj. 118, Fas. i. 340; hrælog brunnu ( blazed) af vápnum þeirra, Bs. i. 509: of a candle, to burn out, eigi lengr en kerti þat brennr, Fas. i. 341, 342; cp. Fms. viii. 276.
    2. to be consumed by fire; kyrtillinn var brunninn, Fms. xi. 420; nú breðr viðara en hann vildi, the fire spreads wider than he would, Grág. l. c.
    β. of a volcano; er hér brann hraunit, er nú stöndu vér á, Bs. i. 22; brann þá Borgarhraun, Landn. 78, Ann. several times.
    γ. b. upp, to be burnt up. Grág. i. 459, K. Þ. K. 42; b. inni, to perish by fire, Gþl. 252, Nj. 198, 200.
    δ. to fester, Fms. xi. 288.
    ε. to be scolded, Eb. 198; skulu grónir grautar dílarnir þeir er þú brant, 200.
    3. metaph. in the phrase, e-t or e-s hlutr brennr við, one’s lot or portion of meat gets burnt in the cooling, one gets the worst of it; broth ‘brennr við,’ is burnt: ortu bændr þegar á um bardagann ( they made an onslaught), en þó brann brátt þeirra hlutr við, but it grew soon too hot for them, Fms. iv. 250; Sigurðr kvað sitt skyldu við brenna, quoth Sigurd, he would get the worst of it, i. e. it would never do, Fær. 236: the phrase, e-t brennr fyrir, or e-t rautt brennr fyrir, of bright hopes, rautt mun fyrir b. ok til virðingar snúa, Fs. 68; mun enn nokkut fyrir b. er þér komit heim, Fas. iii. 81.

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