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ísen

  • adjective
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ísen, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§126;
Iron, made of iron
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  • Ísen

    ferreus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 58
      • .

  • Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen

    the rod was all iron,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17
      • .

  • Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus

    they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus,

    • St. And. 38, 8
      • .

  • Drihten sett ísen geoc on eówerne swuran

    dominus ponet jugum ferreum super cervicem tuam,

    • Deut. 28, 48.

  • Ísene bendas

    vincula ferrea,

    • Ps. Th. 149, 8
      • .

  • Ádrífan ísene næglas þurh ða handa,

    • Homl. Th. i. 146, 11
      • .

  • Ðá wurdon hrædlíce forþ áborene ísene clútas and ísene clawa and ísen bedd ... Decius cwæþ 'Lecgaþ ða ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan,'

    • 424, 18-35.
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v. íren, ísern.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ísen.” 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/20806.

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