Tiran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tiran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: teár,

Definitions

1 tiran

p. de To run with tears, to water (of the eyes) :-- Mé týraþ míne eágan lippio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 9. Ðǽr biþ wóp and tóða gebitt, for ðan ðe ða eágan týraþ on ðam micclum bryne, and ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 26. Wiþ ðon ðe eágan týren (cf. wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6), Lchdm. ii. 32, 28. Gif eágan týren, 34, 1: 308, 19: iii. 4, 23. Wið týrendum eágan, 4, 6: i. 374, 3. Wið týrende eágan, i. 72, 14. I. 2, tearig, II. tiran

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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