bruir

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *brōjan (to boil, burn).

Verb

bruir

  1. to burn

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • Middle French: bruir
    • French: brouir (dialectal)
  • Old French: brusler, bruller, bruler, bruiller, broiller (merger with Old French usler, from Latin ustulō)
    • Middle French: brusler
    • Picard: bruleu (Athois)
    • Walloon: brûler (Charleroi), brûlè (Forrières), broûler (Liégeois)
    • Middle English: broilen, broillen, broylen, broyllen, brulen
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