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íren

  • adjective
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íren, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§126;
Of iron, iron
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  • Ecg wæs íren

    the edge was of iron,

    • Beo. Th. 2922
    • ;
    • B. 1459
    • :
    • 5549
    • ;
    • B. 2778
    • .
  • Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan

    he bade stretch him on an iron bed, and roast him alive,

    • Shrn. 116, 2
    • .
  • Mid írenum gyrdum

    with iron rods,

    • 115, 24
    • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 55
    • ;
    • Sal. 28
    • :
    • 942
    • ;
    • Sal. 470
    • .
  • Scyttelas ýrenne hé forbræc

    vectes ferreos confregit,

    • Ps. Spl. 106, 16
    • .
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v. eal-íren, the following compounds, and ísen, isern.
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  • íren, adj.