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yrre

  • adjective
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yrre, adj.
Add: (i) of persons (or things personified) or personal attributes
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  • Þá wearð Símon erre,

      Bl. H. 181, 17.

  • Se yrra C. ,

      Sal. 123.

  • Erre móde git mé gedydon,

      Bl. H. 189, 25.

  • Wǽron hié swíþe erre on heora móde,

      149, 28: 223, 6. (1 a) angry with,
with dative (i) preceding
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  • Him wearð ierre (irre,

    ii. l.

    ) se góda wyrhta,
      Past. 337, 7 : 381, 23 : Gen. 342 : 742.

  • Ealle godas him irre wǽren,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 4. (ii) following :--
    Sum man wearð yrre his ðeówan men, Hml. S. 21, 414.

  • Þá wæs yrre God Abimelehe,

      Gen. 2741.

  • Þú yrre ús wurde and eft milde iratus es, et misertus es nobis, Ps. Th. 59, l. (l β) with preposition :-- Hé wæs yrre wið Aaron

    adversum Aaron iratus,

      Deut. 9, 20.

  • Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé

    iratus rex servis suis,

      Gen. 41, 10.
of an animal
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  • Siþþan hé (

    an elephant)

    irre wæs and gewundod,
      Ors. 4, I; S. 156, II.
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v.  eorre eorre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “yrre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54041.

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