brian

English

verb
Definitions
  • (dialectal) To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English brune, brüne (a burn, a burning) derived from Old English bryne (burn, fire, inflammation, torch, fervor, a burning, passion, flame, scald, heat, conflagration) derived from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (fire, burning) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (burn, spew forth, brew, bubble forth, fire).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrenu-

Gloss

burn, spew forth, brew, bubble forth, fire

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

火

Emoji
🔥

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