Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bren \Bren\, Brenne \Bren"ne\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Brent}
   (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brenning}.] [See {Burn}.]
   To burn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

         Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. --W.
                                                  Browne.