On-irnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-irnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 on-irnan

to yield, give way:--Duru sóna onarn fýrbendum fæst, syððan hé hire folmum [hrán], Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. 1000. [O. H. Ger. int-rinnan evadere, abire, profugere.] on-irnan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᛁᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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