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ÍSEN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ÍSEN, es ; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§126;
Iron, steel, an implement made of iron
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  • Ísen

    ferrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. 85, 13
      • :
    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 58
      • .

  • Ðis ýsen

    hic calibs,

    • 9
      • ;
    • Som. 13, 18
      • .

  • Eorþe swilce ísen

    terra ferrea,

    • Deut. 28, 23
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Ísenes scearpnyss

    acumen,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 31
      • .

  • Gemeng tógædere mid glówende ísene

    mix together with a glowing iron,

    • L. M. 2, 24
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 216, 1
      • .

  • Ne delfe nán man ða moran mid ísene

    let no man dig up the roots with iron,

    • Lchdm. iii. 30, 24
      • .

  • 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].
  • 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
      • .

  • Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæðer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen,

    • L. Eth. iii. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 296, 4.

  • 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.
Etymology
[
Ayenb. izen (but the general form in middle English is that with r)
:
O. H. Ger. ísen
:
Ger. eisen,
]
Similar entries
v. íren, ísern ; brand-, delf-, gád-, ordál-ísen.
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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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