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inn

  • adverb
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Grammar
inn, in; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§558;
In, within
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  • Ic wæs cuma and gé mé ne in ne gelaðodun

    I was a stranger, and ye did not invite me in,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 43
    • .
  • Waciaþ and gebiddaþ eów ðæt gé in ne gán on costunge

    vigilate et orate ut non intretis in temtationem,

    • 26, 41
    • .
  • Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat

    intrate per angustam portam,

    • 7, 13
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 117, 19
    • .
  • Ðæne se geat-weard lǽt in

    whom the porter lets in,

    • Jn. Skt. 10, 3.
  • Hé áwearp ða scyllingas in on ðæt templ

    he cast the money into the temple,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 5
    • .
  • Æt hám gebring and nǽfre in on ðone mon

    bring it home and never into the man's presence,

    • L. M. 2, 65
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 292, 26
    • .
  • Ðæt land beág ðǽr súþryhte oððe seó sǽ in on ðæt land,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 17, 18
    • .
  • Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine

    next day he ordered them all three in before him,

    • Blickl. Homl. 175, 18.
  • Ðǽr gedydon twá weofedu in

    they put two altars in there,

    • 205, 15
    • .
  • Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in

    a door so that a man's head and shoulders may get in,

    • 127, 9
    • .
  • Ðá heó ðá in tó ðære hálgan Elizabethe eode

    when she went in to the holy Elizabeth,

    • 165, 28
    • .
  • Ðá eode Simon in tó Nerone,

    • 175, 10
    • .
  • Ðá eodan hí in tó swǽsendum,

    • Bd. 3. 14
    • ;
    • S. 540, 31
    • .
  • Hreóh wæter tó mínum feore inn flóweþ and gangeþ

    introierunt aquæ usque ad animam meam,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 1
    • .
  • Ðá mé gerýmed wæs síð inn under eorþweall

    when a road was cleared for me in under the earthwall,

    • Beo. Th. 6171
    • ;
    • B. 3090.
Etymology
[
Goth. inn
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. in
:
Icel. inn
:
O. H. Ger. in, Grff. i. 287
:
Ger. ein.
]
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  • inn, adv.