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Old English Dictionary Entry

íran

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1 íran

adj. Of iron, iron :-- Ecg wæs íren the edge was of iron, Beo. Th. 2922; B. 1459 : 5549; B. 2778. Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan he bade stretch him on an iron bed, and roast him alive, Shrn. 116, 2. Mid írenum gyrdum with iron rods, 115, 24 : Salm. Kmbl. 55; Sal. 28 : 942 ; Sal. 470. Scyttelas ýrenne hé forbræc vectes ferreos confregit, Ps. Spl. 106, 16. the following compounds, and ísen, isern. iran
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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