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§558; §559;
Add: A. as adverb.
local,
within, inside.
in reference to a place or thing
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  • Gif hé þone oxan innan betýnan nolde,

      Ll. Th. i. 48, 31.

  • Sió sunne ne mæg ealle gesceafta innan geondscínan,

      Bt. 41, l ; F. 244, 9.

  • Ufan hit is enge and hit is innan hát,

      Dóm. 22 : 6. 2412.
  • Heó is innan mid éce mægene geweorþod. Bl. H. 197, ii: Gen. 1366.
in reference to a person,
within the body
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  • Þá smalan wyrmas ðone man ge innan ge útan werdaþ,

      Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 12.

  • Gíf men innan wyrmas eglen,

      Lch. l. 82, 22. (2 a)
    where the non-physical part of man is in question, mind, heart, soul :-- Heora heortan beóð innan gemanode, Bl. H. 129, 8.

  • Hreðer innan weóll,

      Cri. 539.
  • Ússe hreðer-cofan innan uncyste, 1330.
  • Hungor innan slát merewérges mód, Seef. ll.
inwardly, in the mind, heart, & c. ,
in respect to the spiritual part of man
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  • Ðý lǽs hié sién innan gehæfte mid ofermétum

    ne intus a superbia captivi teneantur,

      Past. 307, 7.

  • Ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen ðonon ðe hí wénað ðæt hí útan stonden

    ne, ubi se stare extrinsecus aestimant, ibi intrinsecus cadant,

      439, 9.

  • Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte,

      Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 24.

  • Mid hwylcum ceasterwarum hý beóð in áre getealde innan

    (intus

    ], Gr. D. 39, 33.

  • Hié mid þǽre lufan Drihtnes innan onbryrde wǽron,

      Bl. H. 119, 18: 217, 6.

  • Þæt hé his selfes on sefan áge anwald innan,

      Met. 16, 3. B. as preposition.
with gen.
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  • Gif ꝥ gebyrige ꝥ ǽnig mǽgð tó þan strang sý innon landes oþþe úton landes. Ll. Th. i. 236, 10.
with dat.
local,
of rest,
within
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  • Him þæs tácen weard for eorlum innan healle,

      Dan. 719.
  • Hé is bebyrged innan þám mynstre innon Ses Nicolaus portice. Chr. 1072 ; P. 209, 5.

  • Innan hira burgum

    intra urbis claustra,

      Past. 227, 25: An. 1237.

  • Sittað eów innan ceastre

    sedete in civitate,

      Past. 385, 4.

  • Gé eówer net setton úp on dúnum and innon wudum,

      Bt. 32, 3 ; F. 118, 15.

  • Innan þám hundrede,

      Ll. Th. i. 280, 12.

  • Innan þisan earde,

      304, 13.

  • Sý hit innan lande, sý hit út of lande,

      420, 15 : Gn. C. 43.
of motion or direction,
within, into
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  • Nán mann ne cume innon þǽre ciricean,

      Ll. Th. i. 226, 9.

  • Hé eóde innon þám mynstre,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 64.

  • Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þám men bestincð,

      Angl. vii. 28, 259.

  • Hé hǽðene þeáwas innan þysan lande gebróhte,

      Chr. 959 ; P. 115, 10.
of time, within the limits of a period,
in
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  • Hí wendon tó Wæringscíre innon (ingang,

    v. l.

    ) þǽre middewintres tíde, and hergodon,
      Chr. 1016; P. 146, 21.
within a person. Cf. A. II
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  • Answarode mé sum ðing, ic nát hwæðer hit wæs innan mé ðe útan

    sive alius quis extrinsecus sive intrinsecus,

      Solil. H. 3, 9.

  • Yþende mód innan hreðre,

      Ps. Th. 54, 22.

  • Adame innan breóstum his hyge hwyrfde,

      Gen. 715.
with acc.,
into
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  • Hér rád se here ofer Mierce innan Eást-Engle,

      Chr. 870 ; P. 70, 5.

  • Of ðǽre sǽ cymþ ꝥ wæter innon þá eorþan,

      Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 18.

  • Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð,

      Angl. vii. 28, 259,
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v. on-innan, wiþ-innan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “innan.” 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/53948.

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