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bränna

“bränna” is a Swedish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to burn with fire
  2. to injure by heat or caustic chemicals
  3. to record on a read-only medium
  4. to fire (heat (pottery, etc.))
  5. to overheat food; to heat the food until it is blackened.
  6. to hurt oneself by touching a hot object
  7. to get badly sunburned
  8. to get stung by certain animals or plants which cause a burning sensation in human skin
  9. stung by nettles or similar
  10. stung by jellyfishes or similar
  11. stung by bumblebees
  12. to hurt; as of a sunburn
  13. to produce liquor (especially illegally)
  14. to produce calcium oxide (burnt lime) from calcium carbonate through heating

noun

  1. a tan (suntan)

Etymology

From Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

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