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innan

  • adverb
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Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.
Wright's OE grammar
§558; §559;
In, into, within, from within.
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  • Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces

    intus estis pleni rapina,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25.

  • Hig synt innan fulle deádra bána

    intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum,

    • 23, 27.

  • Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled,

    • Beo. Th. 2039
      • ;
    • B. 1017
      • .

  • Breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum

    his breast was agitated within by dark thoughts,

    • 4652
      • ;
    • B. 2331.

  • Smire mid ða eágan innan

    smear the eyes therewith inside,

    • L. M. 3, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 308, 5
      • .

  • Innan of manna heortan yfele geþancas cumaþ

    abintus de corde hominum malæ cogitationes procedunt,

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 21.

  • Innan and útan,

    • Cd. 66
      • ;
    • Th. 80, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 1322
      • :
    • Exon. 22 b
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 1005
      • :
    • 60 a
      • ;
    • Th. 219, 2
      • ;
    • Ph. 301
      • .
with gen
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  • Is mé ænige gǽst innan hreðres

    anxiatus est in me spiritus meus,

    • Ps. Th. 142, 4
      • .

  • Hie hiora onweald innanbordes [cf. Icel. innan-bords] gehióldon

    they maintained their power at home,

    • Past. pref
      • ;
    • Swt. 3, 7
      • .

  • Innabordes

    intus,

    • Rtl. 2, 21.
with dat
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  • Ðá hé sæt innan húse

    discumbente eo in domo,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 10.

  • Hé ádráf út ealle ða ðe ceápodun innan ðam temple

    ejiciebat omnes vendentes et ementes in templo,

    • 21, 12
      • .

  • Gif hé ǽr on ðæs ofermódan engles wísan innan his geþance of Godes gesiehþe ne áfeólle

    nisi more superbientis angeli a conspectu conditoris prius intus aversione mentis caderet,

    • Past. 47, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 359, 1
      • .

  • Hé wæs bebyrged innan ðære cyrican

    he was buried inside the church,

    • Chr. 789
      • ;
    • Erl. 57, 32
      • .

  • Ródetácn wearþ æteówed innan ðære dagenge

    a cross appeared at dawn,

    • 806
      • ;
    • Erl. 60, 24
      • .
with acc
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  • Feall innan ða sǽ

    jacta te in mare,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 21.

  • Ne gá gé innan samaritana ceastre

    in civitates Samaritanorum ne intraveritis,

    • 10, 5
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2350
      • ;
    • An. 1176
      • .

  • Innan ðás týd Gifemund forþférde and Brihtwald gehálgode Tobian on his steall

    at this time [or meanwhile] Gifemund died and Brihtwald consecrated Tobias in his place,

    • Chr. 693
      • ;
    • Erl. 43, 17
      • .

  • Hér fór se here innan Mierce

    in this year the Danes marched into Mercia,

    • 868
      • ;
    • Erl. 72, 21
      • .
in combination with in, on [cf. O. Sax. an innan] , geond, be
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  • Ðá hét ic feá strǽla sendan in ða burh innan

    paucas in civitatem dejici sagittas imperavi,

    • Nar. 10, 22
      • .

  • In ðone ofn innan,

    • Cd. 184
      • ;
    • Th. 230, 24
      • ;
    • Dan. 238
      • :
    • Exon. 58 b
      • ;
    • Th. 211, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 200
      • .

  • On ðæt morþer innan,

    • Cd. 18
      • ;
    • Th. 22, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 342
      • .

  • Burgum in innan,

    • Beo. Th. 3941
      • ;
    • B. 1969
      • .

  • In innan

    intrinsecus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 15.

  • Eardode ic in innan,

    • Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 368, 31
      • ;
    • Seel. 33.

  • Ne wæs mé feorh ðá gén, ealdor in innan,

    • 103 a
      • ;
    • Th. 391, 10
      • ;
    • Rä. 10, 3
      • .

  • Innan on ðisses holtes hleó,

    • Cd. 39
      • ;
    • Th. 52, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 840
      • .

  • On innan ðé

    in te,

    • Ps. Th. 147, 2
      • .

  • Geond woruld innan,

    • Exon. 14 b
      • ;
    • Th. 29, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 469
      • :
    • 95 b
      • ;
    • Th. 355, 43
      • ;
    • Pa. 4.

  • Geond Bryten innan,

    • 45 b
      • ;
    • Th. 155, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 855
      • .

  • Be innan ðam carcerne,

    • Bt. 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. inne
:
A. R. inne, ine
:
Ayenb. ine
:
Goth. innana ; adv. and prep. with gen
:
O. Sax. innan adv. and prep. with dat. acc
:
O. Frs. inna, ina; id
:
Icel. innan ; adv. and prep. with gen
:
O. H. Ger. innan, innana; adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc. Grff. i. 296
:
Ger. innen.
]
Similar entries
v. innane.
Linked entries
v.  on-innan innan-bordes innane innon.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “innan.” 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/20639.

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