isern

Old English

Alternative forms

• īren, īsen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.

Cognates:

Cognates include Old Frisian īsern (West Frisian izer), Old Saxon īsarn (Low German Iesen), Old Dutch *īsarn (Dutch ijzer), Old High German īsarn (German Eisen), Old Norse járn (Swedish järn), Gothic 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽 (eisarn), Old Irish īärn (Irish iarann, Welsh haearn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.sern/, [ˈiː.zerˠn]

Noun

īsern n (nominative plural īsern)

1. the metal iron
2. an instrument or tool made from iron, especially an iron sword
3. an iron shackle or fetter

Declension

Declension of isern (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	īsern	īsern
accusative	īsern	īsern
genitive	īsernes	īserna
dative	īserne	īsernum

Adjective

īsern

1. consisting or made of iron

Declension

Declension of īsern — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
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

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īserna	īserne	īserne
Accusative	īsernan	īsernan	īserne
Genitive	īsernan	īsernan	īsernan
Dative	īsernan	īsernan	īsernan
Instrumental	īsernan	īsernan	īsernan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īsernan	īsernan	īsernan
Accusative	īsernan	īsernan	īsernan
Genitive	īsernra, īsernena	īsernra, īsernena	īsernra, īsernena
Dative	īsernum	īsernum	īsernum
Instrumental	īsernum	īsernum	īsernum

Derived terms

• bredīsern (“a graving-iron”)
• hōcīsern (“a reaping-hook, sickle”)
• īsernbyrne f (“iron breastplate or corselet”)
• īsernfeter f (“iron fetter or binding”)
• īsernġelōma m (“an iron tool”)
• īserngrǣġ (“iron gray”)
• īsernhelm m (“an iron helmet”)
• īsernhere m (“an ironclad army”)
• īsernōre f (“an iron ore quarry”)
• īsernsċūr m (“shower of iron projectiles”)
• īsernsmiþ m (“blacksmith”)
• īsernwyrhta m (“an ironworker”)
• lēohtīsern (“a candlestick”)
• mearcīsern (“a branding-iron”)
• rīpīsern (“a reaping-iron”)
• stempingīsern (“a stamping-iron”)

 

Descendants

• Middle English: iren, eren, irne, iron, isen
  • English: iron
    • → Marshallese: aen
  • Scots: airn, ern
  • Yola: eeren

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĪSERN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĪSERN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.