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brunir (s.xii2/4)
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The form burnir is a cross reference to the following entry:

brunir (s.xii2/4)

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bornir,  bourner;  bruner;  burnier; 
p.p. burnois,  burnut;  brunit  
  FEW:  *brun 15/i,309b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  brunir 8,389c TL: brunir 1,1181 DEAF:  brun (brunir)  DMF:  brunir  TLF:  brunir  OED:  brown v.  / burn v.2  MED:  brounen v.  / burnen v.  DMLBS:  burnire 227c

v.trans.

1colourto darken, make brown in colour: 
( MS: s.xiii )  fusco: brunir  Gloss Garland 168
2to burnish, polish: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Mout voissiez viande atraire [...], apareillier escuz et armes [...], espees et healmes forbir, Haubers relier, espiez brunir  Rom de Rou wace ii 317.260
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  (God) Puis les (=saints) burnist e desoscure  Ross ANTS 3014

v.intrans.

to gleam, shine: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Par tut burnient espees e healmes  Ch Guill 610

p.pr. as a.

gleaming, shining, burnished: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  La bataille est e merveillose e grant; Franceis i fierent des espiez brunisant  Roland 1621

p.p. as a.

1colourdarkened, made brown in colour: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  fuscatus: bruné  TLL i 142
♦colourbrown: 
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Charlemayne nostre empererz estoyt brunys des chevus  Turpin 949
2gleaming, shining, burnished: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  Adamas est clere cume cristal, mais que ele ad colur de fer brunit  Lapid 97.I.2
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  les healmes burnois  Rom Chev ANTS 3784
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  une grant temple [...] de fin or burnir  Mir N-D 249.166
( 1347 )  Jeo devys [...] les coverturs burnutz de plate qui sount pour mon destrer  Test Ebor i 43

See also:

brun  brunet  brunissement  burnisching  burnisour 
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