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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1599
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Brin, Bryn, v. Also: bryne; p.t. and p.p. brint, brynt. [ME. brin(ne, bryn(ne, early brinnen, ON. brinna = OE. biornan, byrnan; see Birn and Burn.]
1. intr. To be on fire or in flames.a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 80.
Thai gert Rowme bryn vpe in a bles; And ithandly it brint sewin dais a1400 Ib. x. 469; etc.
The fyre that bald can bryne c1420 Wynt. i. 919.
Cyteis … that brynt for syn c1420 Ib. iv. 397.
On nakyne wys … he mycht bryne c1420 Ib. vi. 1405.
[A candle] in evynlyk lycht brynnand clere c1450-2 Howlat 418.
It brynt as the fyre 1513 Doug. i. iv. 34.
Fyre … Keppit in dry leiffis … quhil thai brynt 1513 Ib. xiii. x. 80.
Of Troy … quhen it in flambys brynt
b. fig. To be inflamed or eager.c1420 Wynt. v. 1457.
On ane … scho set hyr luwe … and brynt in lust c1420 Ib. vi. 2141.
I am sua brynnand In cowatys ?1438 Alex. ii. 1352.
Clarus brint neir for matelent 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 84.
Than hastit we and brynt to heir hym say 1513 Ib. vi. 37.
Our hartis brynt for desyre 15.. Christis K. 182.
Quhen thay had … branewod brynt in bailis
2. tr. To consume, destroy, or injure with fire.(a) 1375 Barb. xv. 438 (E).
Sum sent he For to bryn townys a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 249.
He vald … bryne thame syne a1400 Ib. ix. 86.
Thy haly bedis brynnis me c1420 Wynt. i. 673.
In a fyre thai wyll thaim bryn c1420 Ib. ii. 1102.
Thai dowtyt sare that he walde … thare cyte bryne 1456 Hay II. 141/33.
Wyne … illumynis the fyre to bryn the liver 1531 Bell. Boece II. 413.
He gart brin him according … to his demeritis 1570 Leslie 26.
Brinynge and spulyeinge the cuntrie(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 303.
A fyre … that brynt the watir c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1738.
It of thare schippes brint mony c1420 Wynt. v. 5655.
Jerusalem … He brynt up in hys … ire c1420 Ib. vii. 2754.
Thare thai brynt hym in a fyre c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 876.
Crawfurd … thair saill brynt in a bles c1515 Asloan MS I. 222/5.
Thai brynt … certane townis in Innerkep 1531 Bell. Boece I. 72.
He brint all thair schippis and galyeonis 1535 Stewart 4071.
Tha brint it all in as 1535 Ib. 22441.
Baillis tha brint 1543 Acts II. 432/1.
Archibald … brint and distroyit his place of Boltoun 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 290.
The horsmen … brint the saids rigesfig. 1513 Doug. i. x. 11.
Of cruell Juno the dreid brynt hir inwart(c) a1400 Legends of the Saints iv. 128.
Plenȝeand … that he … gert tham brint be c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1740.
So mony with the fyre ware brynt c1420 Wynt. iv. 2004.
It was brynt in colys left c1420 Ib. vii. 2992.
Thare howssys and men war brynt 1445 Peebles B. Rec. 10.
A pund of wax … to be brynt on Saynt Androis altar 1456 Hay I. 43/22.
He … was brynt to dede 1490 Acts Lords of Council 168/1.
Being at the kirk of Monywarde the tyme it wes brynt 1508 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 28.
For mending of the arres clathis that wer brynt 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 27.
Troy, quhilk now is brynt to gledis 1531 Bell. Boece II. 44.
Sa mony as wald nocht be abjurat … war brint 1546 Wemyss Corr. 7.
As belis war brynt in placis assignit 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 21/11.
Vas it nocht brynt in puldir and asse a1568 Scott i. 76.
On fasting dayis thai wer nocht brint nor hangit 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 103.
Jonet Wischert, … brint for sorcerie
b. absol. To cause destruction by fire.c1420 Wynt. viii. 5035.
Schyr Andrew … in Ingland … brynt and slewe 1456 Hay I. 281/4.
Gif the Franche knycht … brynt and slewe and reft
c. tr. To mark by burning; to brand.1521 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 204.
Scho was decernit to be brint on the cheik 1529 Ib. II. 12.
At the samyn [mesour] be brynt with the … merkyn irne of the tovne 1578 Glenartney Doc.
[The deer] to be markat and brint by our forrester 1579 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 89.
That the barrellis … be bryntt or markit with the mark of thair tovne 1599 Elgin Rec. II. 71.
He salbe brynt on the cheik
d. To make or harden by burning.c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1702.
Sum holkit claye, sum brynt the tylde
