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binnan

  • preposition
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Grammar
binnan, [be-innan]; prep. dat. acc.
Wright's OE grammar
§288; §559;
Within, in, into; intra, infra, in
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  • Ðe binnan ðam fæstenne wǽran

    who were within the fastness,

      Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 39: Mt. Bos. 2, 16.
  • Gyt ne com se Hǽlend binnan ða ceastre

    nondum Iesus venerat in castellum,

      Jn. Bos. 11, 30.
Etymology
[Northumb. binna, bionna: Frs. binnen: O. Frs. binna, binnia: Dut. Kil. Ger. M. H. Ger. binnen.]
Derived forms
DER. innan.
Linked entries
v.  be-innan.
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  • binnan, prep.