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ísen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ísen, n.
Wright's OE grammar
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iron
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  • Glád hit on þǽm scyllum swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 8.
  • Grǽghǽwe ísene

    ferrugine,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34.
  • Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene,

      Lch. ii. 236, 32 : 218, 24.
  • Hié him wǽpeno worhton þá þe ísen hæfdon,

      Ors. 4, 13 ; S. 210, 25.
an implement, a tool, & c. ,
made of iron
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  • Þá rǽsde forð þæt ísen (íren,

    v. l. ferrum

    head of a hatchet) of þám hylfe,
      Gr. D. 113, 26.
  • Aðamans mon mid náne ísene ceorfan ne mæg,

      Past. 271, 3.
  • Ðæt ísen ðæt hié men mid lácnian sculdon,

      364, 10.
  • Hé teáh ꝥ ísen (cf. þás hringan, 66) úp,

      Hml. S. 21, 69.
  • Hét se kyning lecgan háte ísena under his nacodum fótum, ac arn wæter úp and célde þá ísena,

      36, 392.
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v. bærn-ísen, brǽd-ísen, ceorfing-ísen, mearc-ísen, mynet-ísen, screádung-ísen, snid-ísen.
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