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FÝR

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FÝR, fír, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§132; §278; §295;
FIRE, a fire, hearth; ignis, fŏcus
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  • Búton he hæbbe swá scearp andget swá ðæt fýr

    unless he have an understanding as sharp as the fire,

    • Bt. 39, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 216, 28.
  • Fýr

    ignis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 284, 11 : Mk. Bos. 9, 44, 46 : Ex. 22, 6 : Lev. 10, 2 : Ps. Spl. 49, 4.
  • Fýr ignis vel

    fŏcus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 82, 51.
  • Him befóran fóron fýr and wolcen

    fire and cloud journeyed before him,

    • Cd. 146
    • ;
    • Th. 183, 18
    • ;
    • Exod. 93 : 169
    • ;
    • Th. 212, 9
    • ;
    • Exod. 536 : 192
    • ;
    • Th. 239, 22
    • ;
    • Dan. 374.
  • Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe

    the nature of fire is hot and dry,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 22, 23.
  • In fýres fæðm

    into the fire's embrace,

    • Beo. Th. 372
    • ;
    • B. 185.
  • Fýres feng

    grasp of the fire,

    • 3532
    • ;
    • B. 1764.
  • Lágon ða óðre fýnd on ðam fýre

    the other fiends lay in the fire,

    • Cd. 17
    • ;
    • Th. 21, 10
    • ;
    • Gen. 322 : 24
    • ;
    • Th. 31, 19
    • ;
    • Gen, 487 : 117
    • ;
    • Th. 152, 17
    • ;
    • Gen. 2521.
  • Sý hyt forcorfen, and on fýr aworpen

    excīdētur, et in ignem mittētur,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 19 : 17, 15 : Mk. Bos. 9, 43 : Lk. Bos. 3, 9 : Jn. Bos. 15, 6.
  • Ne onæle gé nán fýr on ðam dæge

    non succendētis ignem per diem sabbăti,

    • Ex. 35, 3 : 22, 6.
  • Mid fýre

    with fire,

    • Bt. 39, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 216, 25.
  • He sweartade fýre and áttre

    he blackened with fire and venom,

    • Cd. 214
    • ;
    • Th. 269, 26
    • ;
    • Sat. 79 : 220
    • ;
    • Th. 284, 21 : Sat. 325 : Beo. Th. 5183
    • ;
    • B. 2595.
Etymology
[
Wyc. fyr, fire
:
Piers P. fir
:
Chauc. fire
:
R. Glouc fyur
:
Laym. fur
:
Orm. fir
:
Scot. fyre
:
Plat. vür, vüer, füer, n
:
O. Sax. fiur, n
:
Frs. fjœr
:
O. Frs. fior, fiur, n
:
Dut. vuur, n
:
Ger. feuer, n
:
M. H. Ger. viur, viuwer, viwer, n
:
O. H. Ger. fiur, n
:
Dan. fyr, m. f
:
Swed. fyr, m. a lighthouse, beacon
:
Icel. fúrr, m. fire
:
Lat. prūna, f. a burning coal
:
Grk. πûρ, n.
]
Derived forms
ád-fýr, æled-, bǽl-, heáh-, heaðo-, helle-, líg-, wæl-, wælm-, wan-, won-
Linked entries
v.  fír fýryn.
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  • FÝR, n.