innera

Old English

Alternative forms

• innra, inra

Etymology

Comparative of the preposition in. Cognate with Old Norse innri, Old Dutch innero, Old High German innaro, Old Frisian inra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ne.rɑ/

Adjective

innera (no positive form, superlative innemest)

1. (literal or figurative) inner, interior
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Hē fērde forþ ofer þæt wæter in þā inneran land þǣra hǣþenra.

     He journeyed forth over the water into the heathens' interior lands.

     Se earma innera mann, þæt is sēo wēriġe sāwol.

     The poor inner man, that is the weary soul.

     Þēah hē mē þāra ūterrena ġewinna ġefrēode, þēah winnaþ wiþ mē þā inneran unrihtlustas.

     Though he has freed me from outward struggles, yet the inner unjust lusts strive with me.

Declension

Declension of innera — Weak only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	innera	innere	innere
Accusative	inneran	inneran	innere
Genitive	inneran	inneran	inneran
Dative	inneran	inneran	inneran
Instrumental	inneran	inneran	inneran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inneran	inneran	inneran
Accusative	inneran	inneran	inneran
Genitive	innerra, innerena	innerra, innerena	innerra, innerena
Dative	innerum	innerum	innerum
Instrumental	innerum	innerum	innerum

Antonyms

• ūtera

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “INNERA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “INNERA supplementary input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.