1 ír[e
n. ?] The projecting back of an axe :-- Somnige mon ealle þá bán . . . and cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, Lch. iii. 14, 12. Hi hine þǽr oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera heáfdum, and slóh hine þá án heora mid ánre æxe ýre (ére, ), Chr. 1012 ; P. 142, 24. [N. E. D. ear. Cf. Ger. öhr handle.] ire