Íre

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - íre

According to the Old English Dictionary:

es; m.

íre
A monetary unit. [This form seems to be a singular corresponding to Icel, eyrir, while óran is plural corresponding to aurar. For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] :-- Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24. Bohte man .LX. æcera mid þrím pundum and mid ánum ýre, C. D. B. iii. 371, 2. [Cf. Icel. eyrir.]

Related words: óra. ire

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