brenna

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

From Latin merenda, through berienda or *berenda.

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

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

Declension of brenna
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brenna	brennan	brennur	brennurnar
accusative	brennu	brennuna	brennur	brennurnar
dative	brennu	brennuni	brennum	brennunum
genitive	brennu	brennunnar	brenna	brennanna

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)

Conjugation of brenna (group v-48)
infinitive	brenna
supine	brunnið
participle (a34)1	brennandi	brunnin
	present	past
first singular	brenni	brann
second singular	brennur	branst
third singular	brennur	brann
plural	brenna	brunnu
	imperative
singular	brenn!
plural	brennið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• 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

Conjugation of brenna (group v-8)
infinitive	brenna
supine	brent
participle (a7)1	brennandi	brendur
	present	past
first singular	brenni	brendi
second singular	brennir	brendi
third singular	brennir	brendi
plural	brenna	brendu
	imperative
singular	brenna!
plural	brennið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• 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. (transitive, governs the accusative) to burn, to set on fire

   Ég brenndi mig á fingrinum!

   I burnt my finger!

2. (transitive, governs the dative) to heat up with

   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

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

• brenna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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

brenna

1. (transitive, with accusative) to burn

   brenna bál

   to burn a bonfire

2. (transitive, with accusative) to destroy by fire
3. (transitive, with accusative) to purify (gold or silver)

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

• brenna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at 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