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brian

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

Etymologies

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From English dialectal, probably variant of brine ("to burn"), from brine ("a burning"), from Middle English brüne ("a burn, a burning"), from Old English bryne ("a burning, conflagration, fire, flame, heat, inflammation, burn, scald, torch, fervor, passion"), from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“fire, burning”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“burn, fire”). Cognate with Scots brin ("a flash"), Scots brin, bryne ("to be on fire, be inflamed, burn"), Old Norse bruni ("fire, burning"). More at burn.

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rhymes (18)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Bryan
  2. Bryon
  3. Dion
  4. Ghanaian
  5. Hawaiian
  6. Himalayan
  7. Ixion
  8. Lyon
  9. Mayan
  10. Orion
  11. Paraguayan
  12. Ryan
  13. Uruguayan
  14. Zion
  15. dian
  16. ion
  17. lion
  18. scion

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  • chained_bear commented on the word brian

    I know a fife tune (originally fiddle?) called "Brian Boru's March," and "Brian Wilson" is a song by Barenaked Ladies.

    February 9, 2008