𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *brinnaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrin.nan/

𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 • (brinnan)

1. (hapax) to burn (to be consumed by fire)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Ambrosianus E) 5.35, (quoted within Skeireins, leaf 6):[1]

     𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉, 𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌸 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍃.

     jains was lukarn brinnandō jah liuhtjandō, iþ jus wildēduþ swignjan du ƕeilai in liuhada is.

     He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. (KJV).

This word translates the passive of καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), while its near-synonym 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌰𐌽 (tundnan) translates the middle of πυρόω (puróō, “to burn with fire”).

• 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (ufbrinnan, “to be scorched”)

• 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (alabrunsts, “burnt offering”)
• 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (brinnō, “fever”)
• 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gabrannjan, “to burn up”)
• 𐌹𐌽𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inbrannjan, “to inflame”)

• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”)
• 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”)
• 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽 (lukarn, “lamp, light”)
• 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 (skeima, “lantern”)
• 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌰𐌽 (tundnan, “to be on fire”)
• 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fōn, “fire”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “B98. *brinnan”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 80
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 23