Etymology

brinded

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Today it means: Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled. Full definition →

Middle English brended ← Old English bærnan
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  1. Old English · inherited frombærnan“to burn”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombrended“burnt, branded”
  3. English todaybrinded

From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the past participle of brennen (“to burn”), from Old English bærnan (“to burn”). Also compare Old Norse brǫndóttr, Icelandic bröndóttr (“brindled”).

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