isern
Middle High German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old High German īsarn, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editīsern n
Declension
editDescendants
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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Cognates:
Pronunciation
editNoun
editīsern 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
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | īsern | īsern |
accusative | īsern | īsern |
genitive | īsernes | īserna |
dative | īserne | īsernum |
Adjective
editīsern
- 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
editDeclension 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
editReferences
edit- 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.
Old Frisian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Noun
editīsern n
- iron (metal)
Declension
editDeclension 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
editReferences
edit- 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)
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