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ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, e ; f.

A meadowan ing

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A meadow, an ing [in dialects of north and east, see E. D. S. Reprinted Glossaries, Nos. 2, 15, 16, 17]. The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ing-ham, Ing-thorpe, Ink-set, Ink-pen ; see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306

inn-

(prefix)

Similar entry: in-

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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In, within, inside, in-doors Ðonne ðǽr biþ man deád hé líþ inne unforbærned mid his freóndum ... and ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega when there is a man dead, he lies unburnt in the house among his friends ... and

Linked entry: innian

iów

(pronoun.)

Similar entry: eów

-isc

(suffix)

-ish

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modern -ish, a suffix of adjectives, connoting the quality of the object denoted by the stem, e.g. ceorl-isc churl-ish, cild-isc child-ish; also connotes origin from a place or stock, e. g. Engl-isc, Gréc-isc, Iudé-isc. The suffix may be seen in the cognate

isen

(n.)
Grammar
isen, iesen, iesend.
  • v. Lchdm. iii. 361, col. 2
  • ;
and gesen in the appendix.

ides

(n.)
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The word occurs as a gloss to virgo, Kent. Gl. 1196, and a weak form, idesan, glosses juvenculam (Ald. 29, 14), An. Ox. 2136. It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An. Ox.

ieó

(adv.)
Grammar
ieó, ( =geó), Ll. Th. ii. 366, 7.

-iht

(suffix)
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Add: -eht; -ihte, -ehte, -ehti, -ecti. As wost adjectives with one or other of these forms occur in the oblique cases only, it is impossible to say which form should be given in the nominative; but the -iht is found in þorniht, and the -ihte (-ehte, -

iht

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yoked

ilce

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Sume unðeáwas cumað of óðrum suá ilce suá hié cómon ǽr of óðrum quaedam vitia sicut ex semetipsis gignunt alia, ita ex aliis oriuntur, Past. 306, 19. Þá yfelan hyne geseóð swá ylce swá þá gódan. Solil. H. 67, 16. Weaxe sió bót. . . swá ilce swá sió manbót

inc

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Add: alone Ne fornime incer nóðer óðer ofer will, ... ac geǽmtigeað inc tó gebedum, Past. 399, 34-36. 'Fæder, wé ábidon ꝥ þú cóme' ... 'Cweþað git ꝥ ic ne ætýwde inc (inc bám, v.l. ) slǽpendum?', Gr. D. 149, 11. Lǽt inc geséman. Past. 349, 12. with bégen

-ing

(suffix)
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Ealderas Neptalinga principes Neptalim, Ps. L. 67, 28. v. god-ing, wǽdl-ing(?), Wóden-ing. . Add

-icge

(suffix)
Grammar
-icge, a suffix of nouns denoting a female agent, v. ácennicge, bar-[r]icge, drýicge, galdricge, hunticge, scericge (scern- ?), sealticge, synnicge.
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See Kl. Nom. Stam. § 44

ídel

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Dele Past. 457, 20 under and add: empty, of places, unoccupied, without inhabitants Stód seó dýgle stów . . . ídel and ǽmen, Gú. 187. Oð ídel híwisce, C. D. v. 319, 21. Gif hé ðæt hús ídel (ǽmtig vacantem. Mt. 12, 44) gemétt, hé hit gefylleð mid monigum

ídel

(n.)
Grammar
ídel, es. ; n.
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Add: that which is useless, vain, or frivolous Swá hwylc ídel swá him tó geþance yrnð and him gecoren bið, þæt hié taliað hálig, R. Ben. 9, 18. Ðá ðe willað tó fela ídles and unnyttes gespræcan verbosi. Past. 271, 7. Ídle casso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 37

irfa

(n.)
Grammar
irfa, an; m.
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An heir Ðet hé ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5

irþ

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Add: ploughing On manegum landum tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum; ge yrðe tíma hrædra, Angl. ix. 259, 10. Yrðe georne forðian, 261, 21. Yrde, 5. a crop ; seges Eard, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 15

-isc

(suffix)
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