1: from Middle English brend brent brind ‘burnt’ (forms of the past participle of Old English bærnan bernan byrnan ‘to burn’) perhaps used for a criminal who had been branded. [...]
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What is the origin of the name Brend?
1: from Middle English brend brent brind ‘burnt’ (forms of the past participle of Old English bærnan bernan byrnan ‘to burn’) perhaps used for a criminal who had been branded. [...]