ÍSEN
- noun [ neuter ]
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Ísen
ferrum,
- Wrt. Voc. 85, 13 :
- Ælfc. Gr. 5 ;
- Som. 4, 58 .
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Ðis ýsen
hic calibs,
- 9 ;
- Som. 13, 18 .
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Eorþe swilce ísen
terra ferrea,
- Deut. 28, 23 .
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Ðá wæs se ofen onhǽted ísen eall þurhgléded
then was the furnace heated, the iron made red hot,
- Cd. 186 ;
- Th. 231, 8 ;
- Dan. 244 .
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Ísenes scearpnyss
acumen,
- Ælfc. Gr. 9 ;
- Som. 9, 31 .
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Gemeng tógædere mid glówende ísene
mix together with a glowing iron,
- L. M. 2, 24 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 216, 1 .
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Ne delfe nán man ða moran mid ísene
let no man dig up the roots with iron,
- Lchdm. iii. 30, 24 .
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Bútan ǽlcan ísene genumen
gathered without using any iron implement,
- Lchdm. iii. 4, 29 [cf.
- Grmm. D. M. 1148 , sqq. as to the use of iron in getting plants].
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The two following passages refer to the ordeal [v. ísen-ordál]
by hot iron :--
Gif hé hine ládian wille ðonne gá hé tó ðam hátum ísene and ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ
if he be willing to clear himself, then let him go to the hot iron, and clear the hand therewith that is accused,
- L. Ath. i. 14 ;
- Th. 206, 23 .
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Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæðer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen,
- L. Eth. iii. 6 ;
- Th. i. 296, 4.
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Ácele ðú wealhát ísen ðonne hit furþum síe of fýre átogen
cool very hot iron when it is just drawn from the fire,
- L. M. 2, 45 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 256, 15.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ÍSEN.” 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/20805.
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