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irre

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irre, yrre; adj.
Gone astray, wandering, confused, perverse, depraved
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  • Ðæt wæs earfoþcynn yrre and réðe

    genus pravum et peramarum,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 10
      • .

  • Óþ ðæt his eáge biþ æfþancum ful yrre geworden

    until his eye is filled with evil thoughts and gone astray,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 994
      • ;
    • Sal. 498
      • .

  • Sumum méces ecg yrrum ealowósan ealdor óþþringeþ

    the edge of the sword crushes the life out of one, confused [or angry?] and mad with drink,

    • Exon. 87 b
      • ;
    • Th. 330, 10
      • ;
    • Vy. 49
      • .

  • Ealle synt yrre ða ðe unwíse heora heortan hige healdaþ mid dysige

    turbati sunt omnes insipientes corde,

    • Ps. Th. 75, 4
      • .
angry, enraged, wrathful, indignant
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  • And ierre hé hwearf ðonan

    and he went away in a rage,

    • Chr. 584
      • ;
    • Erl, 18, 25
      • .

  • Iorra

    iratus,

    • Rtl. 179, 36
      • .

  • Hwí eart ðú yrre

    quare iratus es?

    • Gen. 4, 6
      • .

  • Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé,

    • 41, 10
      • .

  • Hé wæs mé yrre,

    • Deut. 1, 37
      • .

  • Ðá wearþ, yrre god and ðam werode wráþ,

    • Cd. 2
      • ;
    • Th. 3, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 34
      • .

  • Ne hine nǽnig man yrne ne grammódne ne funde

    nor did any man find him angry or cruel,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 33
      • .

  • Þurh yrne hyge

    with anger, purpose,

    • Exon. 16 b
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 620
      • .

  • Hé hine on yrre mód gebrohtan

    exacerbaverunt eum,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 40
      • .

  • Ða irran [Cott. MS. ierran] nyton hwæt hie on him selfum habbaþ and eác ðætte wierse is ðætte hie ful oft wénaþ ðætte hiera hierre [Cott. MS. ierre] síe ryhtwíslíc anda

    ignorant quidquid a semetipsis patiuntur irati ; nonnunquam vero, quod est gravius, iræ suæ stimulum justitiæ zelum putant,

    • Past. 40, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 289, 10.

  • Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan

    they were so furiously enraged, that they wanted to burn the emperor alive,

    • Blickl. Homl. 191, 11
      • .

  • Yrre wǽron begen réðe

    angry were both and fierce,

    • Beo. Th. 1543
      • ;
    • B. 769
      • .
Etymology
[
Forð wende þe eorl ire [2nd MS. yr] on his mode, Laym. 18597
:
Þe eorre Demare iratus Judex, A. R. 304, 24
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Goth. airzis wisan or wairþan to go astray, err; airzei, airziþa error; airzjan to lead astray
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O. Sax. irri angry; irrian to disturb, confuse
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O. L. Ger. irrón errare, commovere
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O. H. Ger. irri vagus, lascivus; irre sín errare; irra-heit error; irrado impedimentum : irran impedire, confundere; irrón errare, apostatare
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Ger. irre confused, wandering; irren to err, go astray.
Cf. irsian, and see Diefenbach i. 21 : Grff. i. 449 sqq.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “irre.” 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/20789.

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