fyren
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
fyren m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
fyren m
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fuirīn. Equivalent to fȳr + -en.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fȳren
- fiery
- Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
- Sē mæsseprēost sē þe biþ tō læt þæt hē þæt dēofol of menn ādrīfe, hē biþ ġeteald tō þǣre fȳrenan ēa and tō þām īrenan hōce.
- Priests who are too slow at performing exorcisms will be condemned to the lake of fire and the iron hook.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Man ġeseah swelċe ān fȳren hring norðan cōme.
- It looked like a ring of fire was coming from the north.
- Finnesburg Fragment
- Sweordlēoma stōd, swelċe eall Finnes burg fȳrenu wǣre.
- Swords flashed, as if Finn's entire castle was on fire.
- Blickling Homilies, "The Dedication of St. Michael's Church"
- Þā līeġeta flugon swelċe fȳrena strǣla.
- The lightning bolts fell like flaming arrows.
- Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
Declension edit
Declension of fȳren — Strong
Declension of fȳren — Weak
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *firinō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fyren f
- Alternative form of firen
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
fyren