Bren
proper noun
- type of submachine gun used by the British in WWI
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɹɛn/
name
- A female given name, clipping of Brenda.
- A male given name, clipping of Brendan.
noun
Etymology: See Bren gun.
- Ellipsis of Bren gun.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English brennen, from Old Norse brenna, brinna, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more.
- To burn (to set ablaze).
“And the greene grasse that groweth they shall bren, That even the wilde beast shall dy in starved den”