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inne

  • adverb
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Grammar
inne, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§446; §458;
In, within, inside, in-doors
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  • 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 all the while that the body lies inside, there has to be drinking and playing,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 20, 20-6
      • :
    • Bd. 5, 4
      • ;
    • S. 617, 7
      • .

  • Gif man inne feoh genimeþ se man iii gelde gebéte

    if a man take property within [i. e. in a house] let that man pay a threefold compensation,

    • L. Ethb. 28
      • ;
    • Th. i. 10, 1
    [cf. Icel. brenna inni to be burnt to death in a house].

  • Hwæðer ðe úte ðe inne

    utrum intus an foris,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513. 39
      • .

  • Ne mæg ðé deófol sceþþan inne ne úte

    the devil cannot harm thee in-doors nor out,

    • L. M. 3, 58
      • ;
    • Lchdm. 342, 15
      • .

  • Síe se drenc ðǽr inne ðǽr se seóca man inne síe

    let the drink be in the same place that the sick man is in,

    • 3, 64
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 352, 15
      • .

  • On ðám scyran ðe ordríc abbud hæfþ land inne

    in those shires that abbot Ordric has land in,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 228, 5.

  • Alle ða ðe ðǽr inne eardedon

    all who dwelt therein,

    • Chr. 491
      • ;
    • Erl. 14, 6.

  • Hie sume inne wurdon

    some of them got inside [York],

    • 867
      • ;
    • Erl. 72, 14
      • .

  • Ðone here métton ðǽr on ðam geweorce and hine inne besetton

    they found the Danes there in the fort, and besieged them inside,

    • 868
      • ;
    • Erl. 73, 25
      • .

  • Ðǽr wǽron fíf wucan inne

    they were in there five weeks,

    • 910
      • ;
    • Erl. 100, 15.

  • Seó án inne áwunode,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627, 16
      • .

  • Béte swá seó dómbóc sæcge gif hit sý hér inne. Gif hit sý eást inne gif hit sý norþ inne béte be ðam ðe ða friþgewritu sæcgan

    let him make 'bót' as the law says, if it be in this part of the country. If it be in the east or north let him make 'bót' according to what the treaties say,

    • L. Ed. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 164, 7.

  • Inne on ðære þeóde,

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 64, 31
      • .

  • On breóstum inne

    within their breasts,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 90
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 45
      • .

  • Hér inne

    herein,

    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 28, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 436
      • .

  • Hié ðǽr inne fulgon

    they got in,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 50, 27
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 2567
      • ;
    • B. 1281
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. inna
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. inne
:
Icel. inni in-doors
:
O. H. Ger. inna, inni, inne adv. and prep. intus, intra.
]
Similar entries
v. innor, innemest.
Linked entries
v.  innian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “inne.” 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/20646.

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