brimstone

brimstone
brimstone O.E. brynstan, from brin- stem of brinnen "to burn" (see BURN (Cf. burn) (v.)) + stan (see STONE (Cf. stone) (n.)). In Middle English the first element also recorded as brem-, brom-, brum-, bren-, brin-, bron-, brun-, bern-, born-, burn-, burned-, and burnt-. Formerly "the mineral sulfur," now restricted to biblical usage.
The Lord reynede vpon Sodom and Gomor brenstoon and fier. [Wycliff's rendition (1382) of Gen. xix:24]
The Old Norse cognate compound brennusteinn meant "amber," as does Ger. Bernstein.

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