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irnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
irnan, p. arn, pl. urnon ; pp. urnen
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §66; §98; §280; §498;
To run
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  • Ic yrne

    cucurri,

      Ps. Spl. T. 118, 32.

  • Seó eá Danai irnþ ðonan súþryhte

    the river Don runs thence due south,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17.

  • Ǽspringe irneþ wið his eardes,

      Bt. Met. Fox 5, 29; Met. 5, 15.

  • Hé arn him sylf tó his hrýðera falde

    ipse ad armentum cucurrit,

      Gen. 18, 7.

  • Ðonne orn hé eft inn tó ðæm temple

    ad templum recurrit,

      Past. 16, 3 ; Swt. 103, 4.

  • Ðú urne mid him

    simul currebas cum eo,

      Ps. Th. 49, 19.

  • Ðá urnon him tógénes twegen ðe hæfdon deófolseócnesse

    occurrerunt eí duo habentes dæmonia,

      Mt. Kmbl. 8, 28.

  • Gangende ðyder urnon,

      Mk. Skt. 6, 33 : Jn. Skt. 20, 4.

  • Tó ðam ylcan ryne ðe hié ǽr urnon,

      Bt. 21 ; Fox 74, 12.

  • Ðæt hí mǽgen iernan and fleón tó ðæs láreówes móde

    ut ad pastoris mentem recurrant,

      Past.16. 4; Swt. 103, 22.

  • Hé sceal yman forþ

    he must run forth,

      Exon. 128 b ; Th. 494, 9 ; Rä. 82, 5.

  • Seó [eá] is irnende of norþdǽle,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 15.

  • Ac hí forweorþan wætere gelícost ðonne hit yrnende eorþe forswelgeþ

    ad nihilum devenient, velut aqua decurrens,

      Ps. Th. 57, 6.

  • Óþ ðæt wintra biþ þúsend urnen

    until a thousand years are passed,

      Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 23 ; Ph. 364.
Derived forms
DER. á-, be-, ge-, geond-, ofer-, on-, óþ-, tó-, þurh-, under-, up-, ymb-irnan.
Similar entries
v. rinnan.
Linked entries
v.  ærnan æt-irnan arn eornan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “irnan.” 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/20786.

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