"bren" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɹɛn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bren.wav Forms: brens [present, singular, third-person], brenning [participle, present], brenned [past], brenned [participle, past], brent [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Middle English brennen, from Old English bærnan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰrewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|brennen}} Middle English brennen, {{inh|en|ang|bærnan}} Old English bærnan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*brannijaną||to set on fire}} Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (“to set on fire”), {{cog|de|brennen}} German brennen, {{cog|sv|bränna}} Swedish bränna, {{doublet|en|burn}} Doublet of burn Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=brent}} bren (third-person singular simple present brens, present participle brenning, simple past brenned, past participle brenned or brent)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To burn (to set ablaze). Tags: obsolete, transitive Related terms: brending
    Sense id: en-bren-en-verb-k-qKX8i- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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