"brand" meaning in Middle English

See brand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /brand/, /braːnd/, /brɔnd/, /brɔːnd/ Forms: brandes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English brand, brond, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|brand}} Old English brand, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*brand}} Proto-West Germanic *brand, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*brandaz}} Proto-Germanic *brandaz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} brand, {{enm-noun|brandes}} brand (plural brandes)
  1. fire, flame
    Sense id: en-brand-enm-noun-Q1r26Ith
  2. burning wood or coal Categories (topical): Fire, Weapons
    Sense id: en-brand-enm-noun-~zwdlvyO Disambiguation of Fire: 40 55 2 2 Disambiguation of Weapons: 8 43 8 42 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 76 8 8
  3. torch (lit stick)
    Sense id: en-brand-enm-noun-ouSI0DpR
  4. (chiefly poetic) sword, blade Tags: poetic Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-brand-enm-noun-4t0Dy6rU Disambiguation of Weapons: 8 43 8 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: braund, brend, brond, broond Related terms: branden, brandire, brandreth, braundischen, fyr-brand

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "And the third angel blew his trumpet, then a great star burning like a little torch fell from heaven; it fell upon a third of [the world's] rivers and water sources. The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the [world's] water was turned into wormwood; many people died from that water because it'd been made bitter.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 8:10-11, page 120r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "And þe þꝛidde aungel trumpide .· ⁊ a greet ſterre bꝛennynge as a litil bꝛond felde fro heuene ⁊ it felde in to þe þꝛidde part of floodis .· ⁊ in to þe wellis of watris ⁊ þe name of þe ſterre is ſeid wermod ⁊ þe þꝛidde part of watris .· was maad in to wermod ⁊ manye men weren deed of þe watris .· for þo weren maad bittir",
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          "text": "And þe þꝛidde aungel trumpide .· ⁊ a greet ſterre bꝛennynge as a litil bꝛond felde fro heuene ⁊ it felde in to þe þꝛidde part of floodis .· ⁊ in to þe wellis of watris ⁊ þe name of þe ſterre is ſeid wermod ⁊ þe þꝛidde part of watris .· was maad in to wermod ⁊ manye men weren deed of þe watris .· for þo weren maad bittir",
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    },
    {
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    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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