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ísern

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ísern, es; n.
Iron, an instrument or weapon made of iron
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  • Sweord sceal on bearme drihtlíc ísern

    the sword shall lie in the lap, the noble steel,

    • Menol. Fox 511
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 26
      • .

  • Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan

    oft has iron harmed me sorely in the side,

    • Exon. 126 a
      • ;
    • Th. 485, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 71, 13
      • :
    • 130 a
      • ;
    • Th. 499, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 88, 11
      • .

  • Áres and ísernes

    æris, ferri,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 473, 23
      • :
    • Cd. 52
      • ;
    • Th. 66, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 1088
      • .

  • Ísernes dǽl,

    • Exon. 114 b
      • ;
    • Th. 439. 25
      • :
    • Rä. 59, 9
      • .

  • Wið slege ísernes oððe stenges

    for a blow from iron [sword] or stick,

    • Herb. 32, 8
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 132, 4
      • .

  • Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne som hý sýn of stenge,

    • 63, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 166, 9.

  • Achilles mid ðysse sylfan wyrte (yarrow ) gehǽlde ða ðe mid íserne geslegene and gewundude wǽran,

    • 90, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 194, 8
      • .

  • Ðú swyltst nalles mid íserne ácweald swá ðú wénst ac mid átre

    morieris, non ferro quod suspicaris, sed veneno,

    • Nar. 31, 27
      • .

  • Gebundene on íserne

    ligatos in ferro,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 9
      • .

  • Íserne wund,

    • Exon. 102 b
      • ;
    • Th. 388, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 6, 1.

  • Þurh ðæt ísern ðæt mægen ðara þreátunga is getácnod

    per ferrum increpationis fortitudo signatur,

    • Past. 21, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 163, 24
      • .

  • Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone moon ðe hé sníðan wile

    the surgeon hides his knife from the man he wants to cut,

    • 26, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 185. 25
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. eisarn iron, an iron fetter
:
O. Sax. ísarn
:
O. L. Ger. ísarn chalybs
:
O. Frs. ísern
:
Icel. ísarn (occurs five times in old poetry; the usual form is járn)
:
O. H. Ger. ísarn.
]
Similar entries
v. íren, ísen ; hóc-, leóht-, mearc-, stemping-ísern.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ísern.” 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/20817.

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