isern
Middle High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German īsarn, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Noun edit
īsern n
Declension edit
Declension of īsern (neuter, a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Alemannic German: Iise
- Bavarian: Eisn
- Central Franconian: Ieser, Iese, Eise
- German: Eisen, Eiser
- Vilamovian: ȧjza
- Yiddish: אײַזן (ayzn)
References edit
- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Cognates:
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
īsern n (nominative plural īsern)
- the metal iron
- an instrument or tool made from iron, especially an iron sword
- an iron shackle or fetter
Declension edit
Declension of isern (strong a-stem)
Adjective edit
īsern
- consisting or made of iron
Declension edit
Declension of īsern — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | īsern | īsern | īsern |
Accusative | īserne | īserne | īsern |
Genitive | īsernes | īsernre | īsernes |
Dative | īsernum | īsernre | īsernum |
Instrumental | īserne | īsernre | īserne |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | īserne | īserna, īserne | īsern |
Accusative | īserne | īserna, īserne | īsern |
Genitive | īsernra | īsernra | īsernra |
Dative | īsernum | īsernum | īsernum |
Instrumental | īsernum | īsernum | īsernum |
Declension of īsern — Weak
Derived terms edit
- 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”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĪSERN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĪSERN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Noun edit
īsern n
- iron (metal)
Declension edit
Declension of īsern (neuter a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | īsern | īsern |
genitive | īsernes | īserna |
dative | īserne | īsernum, īsernem |
accusative | īsern | īsern |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary][3] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)