# brenna
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Latin merenda, through berienda or *berenda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾenna/
* Rhymes: -enna
* Syllabification: bren‧na

### Noun

brenna f (plural brennas)
* (Belsetán) afternoon snack

### References

* 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)

## Bavarian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈb̥renɐ/, [ˈb̥re̞nɐ]
* Hyphenation: bren‧na

### Verb

brenna (past participle brennt)
* (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
* (intransitive) to be lit, to be on (of a light or lamp)
* (transitive, reflexive) to burn oneself, to suffer a burning
    Synonym: verbrenna
* (intransitive) to irritate; to induce pain or another painful sensation; to bite; to sting
* (intransitive) to smart; to sting (a sore or wound)
* (transitive) to fire; to bake; to kiln (tiles and pottery)
* (transitive) to distil (alcoholic beverages such as schnapps)
* (transitive, computing) to burn; to archive data on a storage medium (such as CDs, DVDs, etc.)
* (intransitive, figuratively) to emit heat
* (intransitive, figuratively) to miscalculate, to misjudge
* (transitive, figuratively) to fork out, to shell out

#### Derived terms

* åbrenna
* ausbrenna
* derbrenna
* verbrenna

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾɛnːa/
* Rhymes: -ɛnːa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

brenna f (genitive singular brennu, plural brennur)
* fire
* conflagration

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

brenna (third person singular past indicative brann, third person plural past indicative brunnu, supine brunnið)
* (intransitive) to burn

##### Usage notes

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

##### Derived terms

* brunnin

### Etymology 3

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

#### Verb

brenna (third person singular past indicative brendi, third person plural past indicative brendu, supine brent)
* (transitive) to burn

##### Derived terms

* brendur

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɛnːa/
* Rhymes: -ɛnːa

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

brenna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative brann, third-person plural past indicative brunnu, supine brunnið)
* (intransitive) to burn, to be on fire

##### Derived terms

* 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”)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

brenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative brenndi, supine brennt)
* to burn, to set on fire [with accusative]
    Ég brenndi mig á fingrinum!I burnt my finger!
* to heat up with [with dative]
    Að brenna kolum.To heat up with coals.

##### Derived terms

* brenndur

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

brenna f (genitive singular brennu, nominative plural brennur)
* burning
* bonfire
    Hvenær byrjar brennan?When does the bonfire start?

##### Derived terms

* bókabrenna

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbren.na/
* Rhymes: -enna
* Hyphenation: brén‧na

### Noun

brenna f (plural brenne)
* (literary) nag (useless horse)

#### Hypernyms

* cavallo

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Noun

brenna f (genitive brennae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) bran, in particular as dog food

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* brennāgium
* brennāria
* brennārius

### References

* 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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²brɛnːa/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* brenne (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

brenna (present tense brenn, past tense brann, supine brunne, past participle brunnen, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)
* (intransitive) burn
    Graset på heia brenn.The grass on the heath is burning.

##### Derived terms

* brenna for
* brånnå (dialectal)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* brenne (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

brenna (present tense brenner, past tense brende, past participle brent, passive infinitive brennast, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)
* (transitive) burn
    Nokon hadde brent ned huset.Someone had burnt the house down.

### References

* “brenna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *brinnaną.

#### Alternative forms

* brinna — Old East Norse

#### Verb

brenna (singular past indicative brann, plural past indicative brunnu, past participle brunninn)
* (intransitive) to burn with a flame
* (intransitive) to be consumed by fire

##### Descendants

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

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “brenna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 69; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/69 Internet Archive]

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

brenna
* to burn [with accusative]
    brenna bálto burn a bonfire
* to destroy by fire [with accusative]
* to purify (gold or silver) [with accusative]

##### Descendants

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

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “brenna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 69; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/69 Internet Archive]

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

brenna f (genitive brennu)
* burning

##### Descendants

* Swedish: bränna