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[Koen G]

I like the idea that it could be something like "fold the thing in half and burn it". But it would be useful to find some examples first. So far we know:

• ubren with diacritic on the "u" can mean "verbren", the imperative form.
  
• "verbren" is used in charm context
  
• one of those uses is specifically to burn a piece of paper on which you wrote a strong of magical words separated by crosses
  

I prefer attestation-based approaches over pure speculation. Knowing things feels much better than guessing. Our current knowledge is that "ubren" is alright for "verbrenn", but only if we assume they omitted a diacritic over the "u".

Now we need to know if there are instances of charms where the paper is folded and then burned, and also if a form like vald or vals (or even valt) is realistic. (I don't understand why you read this 8-shape like a ts-ligature). 

And then there's the issue of the two different imperative forms. In German, just like in Dutch, the imperative can be the verb stem (verbren!) or the verb infinitive (verbrennen!). Something like "valten verbren" would mix the two forms, which is very unlikely. 

This would be solved if it actually said something like "vald un vbren" -> fold and burn.