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From Old High German īsarn, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
īsern n
- Alemannic German: Iise
- Bavarian: Eisn
- Central Franconian: Ieser, Iese, Eise
- German: Eisen, Eiser
- Vilamovian: ȧjza
- Yiddish: אײַזן (ayzn)
- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
From Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
īsern n (nominative plural īsern)
- the metal iron
- an instrument or tool made from iron, especially an iron sword
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5[1]:
Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.
- I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.
- an iron shackle or fetter
Declension of īsern (strong a-stem)
īsern
- consisting or made of iron
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
⁊ hæfdon ġeleornad mā cræfta hū hīe þā elpendas beswīcan mehton, mid þǣm þæt hīe nāmon trēowu, ⁊ slōgon on oþerne ende moniġe sċearpe īsene næġlas, ⁊ hīe mid flexe bewundon, ⁊ onbǣrndon hit, ⁊ beþyddan hit þonne on þone elpend hindan...
- And they had learned more tricks through which they could ensnare the elephants; they took stakes and drove into the other end many sharp iron nails, and wrapped them in flax, and set them on fire, and then thrust them into the elephant from behind...
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension of īsern — Strong
Declension of īsern — Weak
- bredīsern (“a graving-iron”)
- hōcīsern (“a reaping-hook, sickle”)
- lēohtīsern (“a candlestick”)
- mearcīsern (“a branding-iron”)
- rīpīsern (“a reaping-iron”)
- stempingīsern (“a stamping-iron”)
- īsernbyrne f (“iron breastplate or corselet”)
- īsernfeter f (“iron fetter or binding”)
- īserngrǣġ (“iron gray”)
- īsernhelm m (“an iron helmet”)
- īsernhere m (“an ironclad army”)
- īsernsmiþ m (“blacksmith”)
- īsernsċūr m (“shower of iron projectiles”)
- īsernwyrhta m (“an ironworker”)
- īsernġelōma m (“an iron tool”)
- īsernōre f (“an iron ore quarry”)
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĪSERN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĪSERN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
From Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
īsern n
- iron (metal)
| Declension of īsern (neuter a-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | īsern | īsern |
| genitive | īsernes | īserna |
| dative | īserne | īsernum, īsernem |
| accusative | īsern | īsern |
- Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary][4] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)