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ísern

  • adjective
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ísern, adj.
Iron, made of iron
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  • Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan and sette betweoh hine and ða burg for íserne weall

    et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, et pones eum murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem,

    • Past. 21, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 161, 7
      • :
    • Cd. 186
      • ;
    • Th. 231, 16
      • ;
    • Dan. 248
      • .

  • Íserne steng

    vectes ferreos,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 15
      • .

  • Hét gebindan beám ðone miclan ǽrenum clammum and ísernum

    he bade bind that great tree with brazen bands and with iron,

    • Cd. 200
      • ;
    • Th. 248, 29
      • ;
    • Dan. 520
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. eisarneins
:
O. L. Ger. O.H. Ger. ísarnin
:
Ger. eisern.
]
Similar entries
v. íren, ísen.
Entry information
Citation

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/20818.

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