brenna

• berienda (Cheso, Tensino)
• brienda (Chistabín, Lanuza, Sobrarbe)
• brenda (other dialects)
• brena (Chistabín, Ribagorçan)

From Latin merenda, through berienda or *berenda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾenna/
• Syllabification: bren‧na
• Rhymes: -enna

brenna f (plural brennas)

1. (Belsetán) afternoon snack

• Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 87, 235.
• “merienda”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

From Middle High German brennen, a merger of Old High German brennan (from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan), and Old High German brinnan (from *brinnan).

Cognates include Dutch branden, Icelandic brenna, Swedish brinna, English burn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥renɐ/, [ˈb̥re̞nɐ]
• Hyphenation: bren‧na

brenna (past participle brennt)

1. (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
2. (intransitive) to be lit, to be on (of a light or lamp)
3. (transitive, reflexive) to burn oneself, to suffer a burning

   Synonym: verbrenna

4. (intransitive) to irritate; to induce pain or another painful sensation; to bite; to sting
5. (intransitive) to smart; to sting (a sore or wound)
6. (transitive) to fire; to bake; to kiln (tiles and pottery)
7. (transitive) to distil (alcoholic beverages such as schnapps)
8. (transitive, computing) to burn; to archive data on a storage medium (such as CDs, DVDs, etc.)
9. (intransitive, figuratively) to emit heat
10. (intransitive, figuratively) to miscalculate, to misjudge
11. (transitive, figuratively) to fork out, to shell out

• åbrenna
• ausbrenna
• derbrenna
• verbrenna

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnːa

brenna f (genitive singular brennu, plural brennur)

1. fire
2. conflagration

From Old Norse brinna, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną.

brenna (third person singular past indicative brann, third person plural past indicative brunnu, supine brunnið)

1. (intransitive) to burn

• nú brennur tú í mær - now you are burning in me (song title by Eivør Pálsdóttir)

• brunnin

From Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

brenna (third person singular past indicative brendi, third person plural past indicative brendu, supine brent)

1. (transitive) to burn

• brendur

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnːa

From Old Norse brinna, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną.

brenna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative brann, third-person plural past indicative brunnu, supine brunnið)

1. (intransitive) to burn, to be on fire

• brunninn
• brenna allar brýr að baki sér
• brenna við (“to get burned”)

  Maturinn brann við.

  The food got burned.

• vilja brenna við (“to tend to happen”)

  Það vill brenna við.

  It tends to happen.

• brenna í skinninu (“to be raring to go”)

  Hann brennur í skinninu.

  He's raring to go.

• láta sér ekki allt fyrir brjósti brenna (“to be not afraid of anything”)

From Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

brenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative brenndi, supine brennt)

1. to burn, to set on fire [with accusative]

   Ég brenndi mig á fingrinum!

   I burnt my finger!

2. to heat up with [with dative]

   Að brenna kolum.

   To heat up with coals.

• brenndur

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

brenna f (genitive singular brennu, nominative plural brennur)

1. burning
2. bonfire

   Hvenær byrjar brennan?

   When does the bonfire start?

• bókabrenna

Likely from the same ultimate source as French bréhaigne (“sterile (of animals)”), similar to Medieval Latin breisna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbren.na/
• Rhymes: -enna
• Hyphenation: brén‧na

brenna f (plural brenne)

1. (literary) nag (useless horse)

• cavallo

Borrowed from Frankish, itself from a Celtic language, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”); compare Old French bren.

brenna f (genitive brennae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bran, in particular as dog food

First-declension noun.

• brennāgium
• brennāria
• brennārius

• brenna in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “brenna”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

• IPA^(key): /²brɛnːa/

From Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną.

• brenne (e and split infinitives)

brenna (present tense brenn, past tense brann, supine brunne, past participle brunnen, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)

1. (intransitive) burn

   Graset på heia brenn.

   The grass on the heath is burning.

• brenna for
• brånnå (dialectal)

From Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

• brenne (e and split infinitives)

brenna (present tense brenner, past tense brende, past participle brent, passive infinitive brennast, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)

1. (transitive) burn

   Nokon hadde brent ned huset.

   Someone had burnt the house down.

• “brenna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *brinnaną.

• brinna — Old East Norse

brenna (singular past indicative brann, plural past indicative brunnu, past participle brunninn)

1. (intransitive) to burn with a flame
2. (intransitive) to be consumed by fire

• Icelandic: brenna
• Faroese: brenna
• Norwegian: brenna, brenne
• Elfdalian: brinna
• Old Swedish: brinna
  • Swedish: brinna
• Old Danish: brinnæ, brænnæ
  • Danish: brænde
  • Scanian: brænða
• Gutnish: brinne

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “brenna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 69; also available at the Internet Archive

Causative of brenna/brinna; from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną, causative of *brinnaną.

brenna

1. to burn [with accusative]

   brenna bál

   to burn a bonfire

2. to destroy by fire [with accusative]
3. to purify (gold or silver) [with accusative]

• Icelandic: brenna
• Faroese: brenna
• Norwegian: brenne
• Old Swedish: brænna
  • Swedish: bränna
• Old Danish: brænnæ
  • Danish: brænde

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “brenna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 69; also available at the Internet Archive

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

brenna f (genitive brennu)

1. burning

• Swedish: bränna