pa. pple. Obs. (from 16th c. arch.) Forms: 3–4 ibrend(e, 4–5 ybrend, -te, 6 ybrint, 4– ybrent; 3–4 ybarn(e)d, 4 ybernde, 5 y-borned. [See Y- 4 and BURN v.1] Burnt; occas. burnished.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 2890. Þe king vortiger was ybarnd to doust wiþinne.
c. 1300. Prov. Hending, xliii., in Anglia, IV. 199. So þe child þat draweþ is hond … fro þe brond Þat is enes ibrend.
c. 1305. St. Katherine, 148, in E. E. P. (1862), 94. In þe fur me hem caste Þo hi hadde longe ibrend.
1340. Ayenb., 116. Þe ybernde uer dret.
c. 1384. Chaucer, H. Fame, II. 432. Y-brent wyth hete.
c. 1450. Lydg., Life Our Lady, xlix. (1484), g viij. With golde of fayth fayr bright y borned.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, III. i. 7. Ybrint in smoke of flambis.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., III. ix. 53. And heauenly lampes were halfendeale ybrent.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, I. I. xvii. The proud Phaeton, Who clomb the fiery car and was ybrent.
1767. Mickle, Concub., I. xxviii. With feverish Thirste ybrent. Ibid., II. liii. The ragged Walls with Lightning seemd ybrent.
